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A Seroepidemiological Study of Serogroup A Meningococcal Infection in the African Meningitis Belt.

PLoS ONE, 2016
The pattern of epidemic meningococcal disease in the African meningitis belt may be influenced by the background level of population immunity but this has been measured infrequently.
Olivier Manigart, Caroline Trotter, Helen Findlow, Abraham Assefa, Wude Mihret, Tesfaye Moti Demisse, Biruk Yeshitela, Isaac Osei, Abraham Hodgson, Stephen Laryea Quaye, Samba Sow, Mamadou Coulibaly, Kanny Diallo, Awa Traore, Jean-Marc Collard, Rahamatou Moustapha Boukary, Oumarou Djermakoye, Ali Elhaji Mahamane, Jean-François Jusot, Cheikh Sokhna, Serge Alavo, Souleymane Doucoure, El Hadj Ba, Mariétou Dieng, Aldiouma Diallo, Doumagoum Moto Daugla, Babatunji Omotara, Daniel Chandramohan, Musa Hassan-King, Maria Nascimento, Arouna Woukeu, Ray Borrow, James M Stuart, Brian Greenwood   +33 more
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Social Behavior and Meningococcal Carriage in British Teenagers

, 2006
Understanding predisposing factors for meningococcal carriage may identify targets for public health interventions. Before mass vaccination with meningococcal group C conjugate vaccine began in autumn 1999, we took pharyngeal swabs from ?14,000 UK ...
MacLennan, J., MacLennan, Jenny, Neal, K., Andrews, Nick, Kafatos, G, Cameron, J. Claire, J. Claire Cameron, Maiden, Martin C J, Kafatos, George, Keith Neal, Cann, Kathy, Evans, M.R., MacLennan, J, Cann, K, Kafatos, G., Cameron, JC, Roberts, Richard, Richard Roberts, Evans, MR, Nick Andrews, Martin C.J. Maiden, James M. Stuart, Evans, Meirion R., Neal, K, David N. Baxter, Maiden, MCJ, Stuart, J.M., Baxter, David N., Roberts, R., Cameron, J.C., Andrews, N., Maiden, M.C.J., Jenny MacLennan, Meirion R. Evans, George Kafatos, Kathy Cann, Andrews, N, Stuart, JM, Cann, K., Roberts, R, Baxter, DN, Stuart, James M., Baxter, D.N., Neal, Keith   +43 more
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Correlation between CSF Glucose Level and Outcome on Adult Patients with Meningitis [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Meningitis is an inflammatory response to infection of leptomeningeal cells and subarachnoid space. The severity of the inflammation could be reflected on the CSF glucose level.
Sari, Pramita
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Meningococcal purpura fulminans and severe myocarditis with clinical meningitis but no meningeal inflammation: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background During fulminant meningococcal septicaemia, meningococci are often observed in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) although the patients have frequently no meningeal symptoms.
Mehdi Hage-Sleiman, Nicolas Derre, Charlotte Verdet, Gilles Pialoux, Olivier Gaudin, Patricia Senet, Muriel Fartoukh, Mathieu Boissan, Marc Garnier   +8 more
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What is the evidence for giving chemoprophylaxis to children or students attending the same preschool, school or college as a case of meningococcal disease? [PDF]

, 2011
We performed a systematic literature review to assess the effectiveness of chemoprophylaxis for contacts of sporadic cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in educational settings.
Heuberger, S., Stuart, J.M., G. HANQUET, Nielsen, Stine, Stefanoff, P., P. STEFANOFF, Hanquet, G, Hanquet, Germaine, S. HEUBERGER, Nielsen, S, J. M. STUART, W. HELLENBRAND, Stefanoff, P, Stuart, JM, Hellenbrand, Wiebke, Heuberger, S, S. NIELSEN, Hellenbrand, W, Hanquet, G.   +18 more
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Early diagnosis model for meningitis supports public health decision making.

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To develop a predictive model for rapid differential diagnosis of meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia to support public health decisions on chemoprophylaxis for contacts.
Ejidokun, Oluwatoyin O, Meltzer, Margie, Neville Q. Verlander, Fraser, Graham, Meltzer, M, Oluwatoyin O. Ejidokun, Rehman, Yasmin, Verlander, Neville Q, Ninis, Nelly, Margie Meltzer, Nelly Ninis, Muir, Peter, Fraser, G, Verlander, NQ, Rehman, Y, Close, RM, James M. Stuart, Graham Fraser, Peter Muir, Muir, P, Stuart, James M, Stuart, JM, Rebecca M. Close, Yasmin Rehman, Close, Rebecca M, Ejidokun, OO   +25 more
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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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Seasonal upsurge of pneumococcal meningitis in the Central African Republic [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

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, V. Bhargavi Rao, Turid Piening, Joke Zeydner, M. Ruby Siddiqui   +4 more
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Greater Cochlear Damage in Otogenic Versus Meningogenic Meningitis: Hearing Rehabilitation Implications

The Laryngoscope, Volume 136, Issue 9, Page 3998-4005, September 2026.
Otogenic route of meningitis was associated with greater cochlear hair cell loss in comparison with the meningogenic one in this otopathology study. Neuronal depletion has been traditionally implicated in failed hearing rehabilitation of post‐meningitis deafness.
Matheus Pedrosa Tavares, Henrique Furlan Pauna, Rafael da Costa Monsanto, Nevra Keskin‐Yilmaz, Breno Lima de Almeida, Norma de Oliveira Penido   +5 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 ...
Jose Luis Perez, Sonsire Fernández, Fernandez, Sonsire, Daniel eCardoso, Armando Acosta, Rosenqvist, Einar, Armando eAcosta, Concepcion eCampa, Campa, Concepcion, Luis eGarcia, Daniel Cardoso, Cardoso, Daniel, Zayas, Caridad, Luis Garcia, Caridad eZayas, Concepcion Campa, Caridad Zayas, Acevedo, Reinaldo, Reinaldo eAcevedo, Sarmiento, Maria Elena, Garcia, Luis, Valerie A Ferro, Sonsire eFernandez, Ferro, Valerie, Einar Rosenqvist, Acosta, Armando, Reinaldo Acevedo, Perez, Jose Luis, Einar eRosenqvist, Valerie A. Ferro, Maria Elena Sarmiento   +30 more
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