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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Karier Meningitis Meningokok Pada Jemaah Haji Indonesia Tahun 1993-2003 [PDF]
, 2006 Research and routine survey of meningococcal meningitis on Indonesian hajj pilgrims have been conducted since 1993 until now. This paper consists of several research and routine survey of meningococcal meningitis during 1993 and 2003.
Handayani, S. (Sarwo)
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Vaccine prevention of meningococcal disease in Africa: Major advances, remaining challenges
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018 Africa historically has had the highest incidence of meningococcal disease with high endemic rates and periodic epidemics. The meningitis belt, a region of sub-Saharan Africa extending from Senegal to Ethiopia, has experienced large, devastating ...
Mustapha M. Mustapha, Lee H. Harrison
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Māori and community news constructions of Meningococcal B: the promotion of a moral obligation to vaccinate [PDF]
, 2007 News media communicate various risks of disease, showcase medical breakthroughs and disseminate texts that both reflect and renegotiate shared cultural understandings of health and illness. Little is known about the role of Māori and community news media
Chamberlain, Kerry +5 more
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Wellcome Open Research, 2019 A high incidence of bacterial meningitis was observed in the Central African Republic (CAR) from December 2015 to May 2017 in three hospitals in the northwest of the country that are within the African meningitis belt.
Thomas Crellen +4 more
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Meningococcal Disease in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Review of Cases Reported Through Active Surveillance in the United States, 2000-2008. [PDF]
, 2016 BackgroundAlthough human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is an established risk factor for several bacterial infections, the association between HIV infection and meningococcal disease remains unclear.MethodsExpanded chart reviews were completed ...
Clark, Thomas A +17 more
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The cost-effectiveness of alternative vaccination strategies for polyvalent meningococcal vaccines in Burkina Faso: A transmission dynamic modeling study. [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: The introduction of a conjugate vaccine for serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis has dramatically reduced disease in the African meningitis belt.
Cohen, Ted +8 more
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From the microbiome to the central nervous system, an update on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of bacterial meningitis in childhood [version 1; referees: 3 approved] [PDF]
, 2017 In the past century, advances in antibiotics and vaccination have dramatically altered the incidence and clinical outcomes of bacterial meningitis. We review the shifting epidemiology of meningitis in children, including after the implementation of ...
Janowski, Andrew B, Newland, Jason G
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018 The introduction of a new Group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine, MenAfriVacR, has been a important public health success. Group A meningococcal meningitis has disappeared in all countries where the new Men A conjugate vaccine has been used at public ...
F. Marc LaForce +3 more
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Meningococcal meningitis C in Tamil Nadu, public health perspectives
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2014 Meningococcal meningitis has rarely been reported in Tamil Nadu. We report here two children diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, on May 2014. The causative strain was Neisseria meningitidis serotype C.
Kirubah Vasandhi David +2 more
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