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Meningoccocal meningitis complicated with subdural effusion: a report of two infant cases

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2007
Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of invasive bacterial infection in children of all ages. Children less than 1 year of age are at greater risk of invasive disease than older children. In endemic countries, the invasive meningococcal infections are
Victor Perez-Pico,1 Eduardo Llausas-Magana,1 Angel Leon-Ramirez,1 Giordano Perez-Gaxiola,2 and Nidia Leon-Sicairos.3
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Analysis of TLR2, TLR4, and TLR9 single nucleotide polymorphisms in children with bacterial meningitis and their healthy family members

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background: The aim was to analyse TLR2 rs5743708, TLR2 rs4696480, TLR4 rs4986790, TLR9 rs5743836, and TLR9 rs352140 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in children with pneumococcal and meningococcal meningitis and their family members.
Ewelina Gowin, Bogna Świątek-Kościelna, Ewelina Kałużna, Jerzy Nowak, Michał Michalak, Jacek Wysocki, Danuta Januszkiewicz-Lewandowska   +6 more
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An outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis among older children (≥5 years) and adults after the implementation of an infant vaccination programme with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Ghana. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: An outbreak of pneumococcal meningitis among non-infant children and adults occurred in the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana between December 2015 and April 2016 despite the recent nationwide implementation of a vaccination programme for infants ...
Afreh, Osei Kuffour, Amponsa-Achiano, Kwame, Antonio, Martin, Appiah-Denkyira, Ebenezer, Asiedu-Bekoe, Franklin, Bampoe, Victor, Bannerman, Richard, D'Alessandro, Umberto, Ebruke, Chinelo, Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer, Kaluwa, Owen, Kay, Gemma, Kuma, George Khumalo, Kwambana-Adams, Brenda Anna, Letsa, Timothy, Mwenda, Jason M, Ohene, Sally-Ann, Okoi, Catherine, Okot, Charles, Opare, David, Otu, Jacob Kweku, Owusu-Okyere, Godfred, Pallen, Mark J, Sarkodie, Badu, Senghore, Madikay, Worwui, Archibald Kwame, Zaman, Syed MA   +26 more
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Phylogenetic relationships and regional spread of meningococcal strains in the meningitis belt, 2011–2016Research in context

EBioMedicine, 2019
Background: Historically, the major cause of meningococcal epidemics in the meningitis belt of sub-Saharan Africa has been Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (NmA), but the incidence has been substantially reduced since the introduction of a serogroup A ...
Nadav Topaz, Dominique A. Caugant, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Ola Brønstad Brynildsrud, Nadia Debech, Eva Hong, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Rasmata Ouédraogo, Sani Ousmane, Kadidja Gamougame, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Seydou Diarra, LeAnne M. Fox, Xin Wang   +13 more
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Meningococcal Meningitis [PDF]

Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2005
Sharat, Johri, S P, Gorthi, A C, Anand
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The Diversity of Meningococcal Carriage Across the African Meningitis Belt and the Impact of Vaccination With a Group A Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Study of meningococcal carriage is essential to understanding the epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis infection. METHODS: Twenty cross-sectional carriage surveys were conducted in 7 countries in the African meningitis belt; 5 surveys were ...
MenAfriCar consortium
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Sequelae following an epidemic of meningococcal meningitis in Niger

, 2023
AA Idrissa, Salifou Atti, RK Wasaulua, S Kazadi, Ousmane Guindo, G Tonamou, Iza Ciglenečki, ME Coldiron   +7 more
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Climate Regimes, El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Meningococcal Meningitis Epidemics

Frontiers in Public Health, 2015
Meningoccocal meningitis is a major public health problem that kills thousands annuallyin Africa, Europe, North and South America. Occurrence is, however, highest during thedry seasons in Sahel Africa.
Olusegun Steven Ayodele Oluwole
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Neisseria meningitidis nasopharyngeal carriage during the Hajj: A cohort study evaluating the need for ciprofloxacin prophylaxis [PDF]

, 2017
Background The annual Muslim pilgrimage has the potential of increase risk for acquisition of Neisseria meningitidis. Here, we evaluate the Hajj impact on the prevalence of N.
Abdallah Assiri, Abdulhafeez Turkistani, Esam I. Azhar, Huda Ben Helaby, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Malak Almasri, Muhammad Yasir, Muneera S. Al-Saeed, Ray Borrow, Ziad A. Memish   +9 more
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Meningococcal meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa: the case for mass and routine vaccination with available polysaccharide vaccines

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2003
Endemic and epidemic group A meningococcal meningitis remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, despite the availability of the safe and inexpensive group A meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine, which is protective at all ...
Robbins John B., Schneerson Rachel, Gotschlich Emil C., Mohammed Idris, Nasidi Abdulsalami, Chippaux Jean-Philippe, Bernardino Luis, Maiga Moussa A.   +7 more
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