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Adjuvants : an essential component of neisseria vaccines [PDF]

, 2009
Adjuvants may be classified into delivery systems and immune potentiator or modulator molecules based on their mechanism of action. Neisseria vaccines containing traditional adjuvants such as aluminium salts have existed for long time, but meningitis ...
Acevedo, R., Balbao, J., Cabrera, O., Cuello, M., del Campo, J., Ferro, Valerie A., Gonzales, E., Romeu, B., Zayas, C.   +8 more
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Risk of transmitting meningococcal infection by transient contact on aircraft and other transport. [PDF]

, 2009
Contact tracing of persons with meningococcal disease who have travelled on aeroplane or other multi-passenger transport is not consistent between countries.
Hellenbrand, W, Krause, G, Rachael, T, Schubert, K, Stuart, JM   +4 more
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Risk factors for acquisition of meningococcal carriage in the African meningitis belt

Tropical medicine & international health, 2019
To investigate potential risk factors for acquisition in seven countries of the meningitis belt.
L. Cooper, A. Robson, C. Trotter, A. Aseffa, J. Collard, D. Daugla, A. Diallo, A. Hodgson, J. Jusot, B. Omotara, S. Sow, M. Hassan-King, O. Manigart, M. Nascimento, A. Woukeu, D. Chandramohan, R. Borrow, Martin C. J. Maiden, Brian M. Greenwood, J. Stuart, Oumer Ahmed Tsehaynesh Tesfaye Yenenesh Alemayehu Haiman Ali Bedru Lema Moti Tekletsion Worku Xabher Yamuah, Oumer Ali, A. Bedru, Tsehaynesh Lema, Tesfaye Moti, Y. Tekletsion, Alemayehu Worku, Haimanot Guebre Xabher, L. Yamuah, R. M. Boukary, I. D. Dano, Ibrahim Habiboulaye, B. Issaka, S. Ousmane, Issoufa Rabe, J. Gami, K. Gamougam, L. Mbainadji, N. Naibei, M. Narbé, J. Toralta, A. Berthé, Kanny Diallo, Mahamadou Keita, Uma Onwuchekwa, S. Sow, Boubou Tamboura, A. Traoré, A. Toure, T. Clark, Leonard Mayer, M. Amodu, O. Beida, G. Gadzama, Zailani Sambo, S. Yahya, Brian M. Greenwood, N. Basta, Xilian Bai, H. Findlow, Serge Alavo, H. Bassene, Mariétou Dieng, S. Doucouré, J. Gomis, A. Ndiaye, C. Sokhna, J. Trape, B. Akalifa, A. Forgor, Isaac Osei, S. Quaye, John Williams, Peter Wontuo, T. Irving, Julia S. Bennett, Dorothea M. C. Hill, O. Harrison, Martin C. J. Maiden, L. Rebbetts, E. Watkins   +80 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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Successful African introduction of a new Group A meningococcal conjugate vaccine: Future challenges and next steps

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, Mamoudou Djingarey, Simonetta Viviani, Marie-Pierre Preziosi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Cohn, Amanda C, Farley, Monica M, Hall, H Irene, Harris, Christine M, Harrison, Lee H, Lee, Adria, Li, Jianmin, Lynfield, Ruth, MacNeil, Jessica R, Miller, Lisa, Nichols, Megin, Petit, Susan, Reingold, Arthur, Schaffner, William, Thomas, Ann, Wu, Henry M, Zell, Elizabeth   +17 more
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Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Africa's Meningitis Belt: More Than Just Meningitis?

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019
Since the progressive introduction of the meningococcal serogroup A conjugate vaccine within Africa's meningitis belt beginning in 2010, the burden of meningitis due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (NmA) has substantially decreased.
Heather Reese, O. Ronveaux, J. Mwenda, A. Bita, A. Cohen, Ryan T Novak, L. Fox, Heidi M. Soeters   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Procoagulant and Fibrinolytic Balance of Extracellular Vesicles Predicts Mortality in Septic Shock Patients

Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Septic shock is characterised by abnormal coagulation activation with defective fibrinolysis, leading to a high mortality rate. Cellular activation triggers the release of extracellular vesicles (EVs) conveying both procoagulant and fibrinolytic activities.
Romaric Lacroix, Coralie Judicone, Karim Harti Souab, Amandine Bonifay, Anderson Loundou, Tarik Bouriche, Sylvie Cointe, Loris Vallier, Evelyne Abdili, Laurent Arnaud, Stéphane Robert, Philippe Poncelet, Charlotte Grosdidier, Pierre Morange, Eva Cochery‐Nouvellon, Sylvie Bouvier, Jean‐Christophe Gris, Jean‐Yves Lefrant, Marc Leone, Jacques Albanese, Françoise Dignat‐George   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cocirculation of Hajj and non-Hajj strains among serogroup W meningococci in Italy, 2000 to 2016 [PDF]

, 2019
In Italy, B and C are the predominant serogroups among meningococci causing invasive diseases. Nevertheless, in the period from 2013 to 2016, an increase in serogroup W Neisseria meningitidis (MenW) was observed.
Arghittu M., Barbui A. M., Bernaschi P., Bisbano A., Chironna M., Ciammaruconi A., De Nittis R., Fazio C., Galanti I. A., Giammanco A., Isola P., Mencacci A., Neri A., Pagani E., Stefanelli P., Vacca P., Vocale C.   +16 more
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Epidemic Meningococcal Meningitis, Cameroon

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
To the Editor: In 2010, the city of Ngaoundere in Cameroon experienced its first reported epidemic of meningococcal meningitis. Ngaoundere, with an estimated population of 180,000, is the main city in the Adamaoua region in northern Cameroon. The 2 northernmost regions of Cameroon, North and Far North, are considered to belong to the African meningitis
H. Hamadicko, Dominique A. Caugant, D. Vohod, D. Massenet   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources