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UK parents' attitudes towards meningococcal group B (MenB) vaccination: a qualitative analysis [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVES: (1) To explore existing knowledge of, and attitudes, to group B meningococcal disease and serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) vaccine among parents of young children. (2) To seek views on their information needs.
Bedford, H, Jackson, C, Saliba, V, Yarwood, J   +3 more
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Safety and efficacy of eculizumab in adult and pediatric patients with aHUS, with or without baseline dialysis [PDF]

, 2015
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Hourmant, Maryvonne, Kincaid, John F, Legendre, Christophe M, Menne, Jan, van de Kar, Nicole CAJ, Vande Walle, Johan   +5 more
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Deficiency of the eighth component of complement associated with recurrent meningococcal meningitis: case report and literature review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
The authors report a case of deficiency of the eighth component of complement in a young adult with a history of three episodes of meningitis; one of them proved to be meningococcal.
Daniela Dornelles Rosa, Alessandro C. Pasqualotto, Maurício de Quadros, Sérgio Henrique Prezzi   +3 more
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Preventive measures in infancy to reduce under-five mortality: a case-control study in The Gambia.

, 2009
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between child mortality and common preventive interventions: vaccination, trained birthing attendants, tetanus toxoid during pregnancy, breastfeeding and vitamin A supplementation. METHODS: Case-control study in
Adegbola, Richard A, Dockerty, John D, Herbison, Peter, Hill, Philip C, Howie, Stephen RC, Jasseh, Momodou, Jeffries, David J, Mulholland, Kim, Rutherford, Merrin E   +8 more
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Neisseria meningitidis presenting as acute abdomen and recurrent reactive pericarditis

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Meningococcal meningitis is a well established potential fatal infection characterized by fever, headache, petechial rash, and vomiting in the majority of cases.
Karolina Akinosoglou, Angelos Alexopoulos, Nikolaos Koutsogiannis, Charalampos Gogos, Aleksandra Lekkou   +4 more
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The epidemiology of meningococcal meningitis: multicenter, hospital-based surveillance of meningococcal meningitis in Iraq. [PDF]

IJID Reg, 2021
Al-Sanouri T, Mahdi S, Khader IA, Mahdi A, Dogu A, Amiche A, Iweir S, Qader M, Belbaisi A, AlHilfi R.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Epidemiology, clinical features and outcome of adults with meningococcal meningitis: a 15-year prospective nationwide cohort study. [PDF]

Lancet Reg Health Eur, 2023
van Soest TM, Chekrouni N, van Sorge NM, Bijlsma MW, Brouwer MC, van de Beek D.   +5 more
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Transtentorial herniation syndrome from meningococcal meningitis in a young woman: the case for neurocritical care. [PDF]

BMJ Case Rep, 2022
Yang E, Sekhon M, Griesdale D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents: matched cohort study [PDF]

, 2006
Objective: To examine biological and social risk factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents. Design: Prospective, population based, matched cohort study with controls matched for age and sex in 1:1 matching.
Booth, C., Booy, R., Coen, P.G., Kaczmarski, E., Klein, N., Peckham, C., Stuart, J.M., Tully, J., Viner, R.M., Zambon, M.   +9 more
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Association between Meningococcal Meningitis and Santa Ana Winds in Children and Adolescents from Tijuana, Mexico: A Need for Vaccination. [PDF]

Trop Med Infect Dis, 2023
Chacon-Cruz E, Lopatynsky-Reyes EZ.
europepmc   +1 more source