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Awareness of Meningococcal disease among travelers from the United Kingdom to the meningitis belt in Africa [PDF]
, 2018 Meningococcal disease causes considerable morbidity and has a high case-fatality rate. In the United Kingdom, the meningococcal quadrivalent vaccine is recommended for travelers visiting the meningitis belt of Africa. We analyzed 302 responses to a cross-
Goodman, Anna L. +3 more
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Revealing the molecular signatures of host-pathogen interactions. [PDF]
, 2011 Advances in sequencing technology and genome-wide association studies are now revealing the complex interactions between hosts and pathogen through genomic variation signatures, which arise from evolutionary co ...
C Herdtweck +53 more
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PLoS ONE, 2015 BackgroundTo facilitate the interpretation of meningococcal meningitis epidemiology in the "African meningitis belt", we aimed at obtaining serogroup-specific pooled estimates of incidence, carriage and case-carrier ratios for meningococcal meningitis in
Thibaut Koutangni +2 more
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2011 Meningococcal strains belonging to clonal complex cc60 are not associated with hypervirulent lineages and were never reported as causing disease in Latin American countries.
Claudia Ferreira de Andrade, Biologist +3 more
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Penicillin Use in Meningococcal Disease Management: Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Sites, 2009. [PDF]
, 2016 In 2009, in the Active Bacterial Core surveillance sites, penicillin was not commonly used to treat meningococcal disease. This is likely because of inconsistent availability of antimicrobial susceptibility testing and ease of use of third-generation ...
Anderson, Raydel +18 more
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Clonal waves of Neisseria colonisation and disease in the African meningitis belt: eight- year longitudinal study in northern Ghana. [PDF]
PLoS Medicine, 2007 The Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana lies in the African "meningitis belt" where epidemics of meningococcal meningitis have been reoccurring every eight to 12 years for the last 100 years.
Julia Leimkugel +8 more
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Meningococcal septicaemia reported in an immunocompetent adult: A Case Report
Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Meningococcal meningitis is caused by the Gram negative diplococcus, Neisseria meningitidis. It is characterized by nonspecific symptoms of fever and constitutional symptoms followed by septic shock and meningitis.
S. Puthra +3 more
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Vaccination in emergencies. [PDF]
, 1999 Nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) are the main actors of vaccine delivery during complex humanitarian emergencies such as large population displacements.
Paquet, C
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Invasive meningococcal disease and travel
Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2010 Summary: The epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease varies geographically and in time and the risk of acquiring the disease varies regionally, as well as with living conditions and behavior.
Ziad A. Memish +4 more
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Journal of Ageing and Longevity, 2022 Limited studies have investigated the socio-cultural factors influencing the management and control of Meningococcal Meningitis among older adults in Northern Nigeria.
Kafayat Mahmoud +2 more
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