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An overview of the meningococcal disease and impact of the quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine [PDF]

open access: yesNovel Research in Microbiology Journal, 2021
Meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges, which are the three membranes that cover the brain and the spinal cord; which occurs when the fluid surrounding the meninges becomes infected.
Asmaa Alrobai   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neisseria Meningitidis Causing Multiple Cerebral Abscesses in Early Neonatal Period: Case Report and Review of Literature [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2017
Neisseria meningitidis is a rare cause of meningitis and septicemia in neonates. There are few published case reports of neonatal meningococcal meningitis complicated by subdural empyema, cerebral abscess and hydrocephalus.
LAXMAN BASANI, ROJA AEPALA
doaj   +1 more source

Meningococcal vaccines in China

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
Meningococcal meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis is a reportable infectious disease in China, due to the high incidence of meningitis in the era before the availability of vaccines.
Yinghua Xu   +5 more
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Neisseria meningitidis pneumonia with bacteremia without meningitis: An atypical presentation

open access: yesIDCases, 2020
Neisseria meningitidis remains the most important cause of bacterial meningitis worldwide. The second most common and potentially severe end-organ manifestation of invasive meningococcal disease is meningococcal pneumonia.
Fatma Mohamed Mahmoud, Thana Harhara
doaj   +1 more source

Revealing the molecular signatures of host-pathogen interactions. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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
core   +20 more sources

Potential Coverage of the 4CMenB Vaccine against Invasive Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis Isolated from 2009 to 2013 in the Republic of Ireland

open access: yesmSphere, 2018
Neisseria meningitidis is a common cause of bacterial meningitis in children and young adults worldwide. The 4CMenB vaccine (Bexsero), developed to combat meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) disease, contains subcapsular antigens that may induce immunity ...
Robert M. Mulhall   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of a mass vaccination campaign against a meningitis epidemic in a refugee camp. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
Serogroup A meningococcus epidemics occurred in refugee populations in Zaire in August 1994. The paper analyses the public health impact of a mass vaccination campaign implemented in a large refugee camp.
Blok, L   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

The association between life events, social support, and antibody status following thymus-dependent and thymus-independent vaccinations in healthy young adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This study determined whether stressful life events and social support were related to antibody status following both thymus-dependent and thymus-independent vaccinations. Life events in the previous year and customary social support were measured in 57
Burns, Victoria E.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Bacterial outer membrane vesicles and vaccine applications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Vaccines based on outer membrane vesicles (OMV) were developed more than 20 years ago against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B. These nano-sized structures exhibit remarkable potential for immunomodulation of immune responses and delivery of “self ...
Acevedo, Reinaldo   +10 more
core   +2 more sources

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