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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mSphere, 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
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Impact of a mass vaccination campaign against a meningitis epidemic in a refugee camp. [PDF]
, 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
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The association between life events, social support, and antibody status following thymus-dependent and thymus-independent vaccinations in healthy young adults [PDF]
, 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
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Current status and challenges of meningococcal vaccines development in China
Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022 Vaccination is the most effective and economical way to prevent meningococcal meningitis. In the past few decades, with widespread use of meningococcal vaccines, the incidence of meningococcal meningitis has dropped significantly. There are some vaccines
Ying-hua XU, Ya-nan LI, Qiang YE
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Invasive meningococcal disease in the Veneto region of Italy: A capture-recapture analysis for assessing the effectiveness of an integrated surveillance system [PDF]
, 2017 open8noBACKGROUND: Epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis has been changing since the introduction of universal vaccination programmes against meningococcal serogroup C (MenC) and meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) has now become dominant.
Baldo, Vincenzo +7 more
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Bacterial outer membrane vesicles and vaccine applications [PDF]
, 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
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Bacterial Meningitis in Brazil: Baseline Epidemiologic Assessment of the Decade Prior to the Introduction of Pneumococcal and Meningococcal Vaccines. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Bacterial meningitis is associated with significant burden in Brazil. In 2010, both 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and meningococcal capsular group C conjugate vaccine were introduced into the routine vaccination schedule.
Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo +2 more
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Clinical Case of Repeated Generalized Infection and Meningitis in Immunocompetent Child
Педиатрическая фармакология, 2021 Background. Meningococcal disease is socially significant, deadly infectious disease characterized by severe and unpredictable course. Clinical case description.
Mariya S. Vedyashkina +3 more
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PLoS Medicine, 2018 Background Antibiotic prophylaxis for contacts of meningitis cases is not recommended during outbreaks in the African meningitis belt. We assessed the effectiveness of single-dose oral ciprofloxacin administered to household contacts and in village-wide ...
M. Coldiron +12 more
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