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Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background In 2010–2017, meningococcal serogroup A conjugate vaccine (MACV) was introduced in 21 African meningitis belt countries. Neisseria meningitidis A epidemics have been eliminated here; however, non-A serogroup epidemics continue.
Katya Fernandez +13 more
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Two New Kindreds with Complete Factor D Deficiency
European Journal of Immunology, Volume 55, Issue 3, March 2025.The complement system plays a crucial role in immune defense, and factor D deficiency is a rare immunodeficiency associated with life‐threatening bacterial infections. We report two new cases of complete factor D deficiency, including the first described in a Down syndrome patient, highlighting the need to investigate complement deficiencies in ...
Mathilde Puel +10 more
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Las vacunas conjugadas contra la enfermedad meningococica causadas por los serogrupos A, C, W-135, Y
VacciMonitor, 2009 Review the current evidence on available and candidate quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines. Methods: A comprehensive overview of data on the currently available A-C-W135-Y meningococcal vaccine and the results of late stage development of novel
Marcos Aurelio P. Sáfadi
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Mutant Native Outer Membrane Vesicles Combined with a Serogroup A Polysaccharide Conjugate Vaccine for Prevention of Meningococcal Epidemics in Africa. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The meningococcal serogroup A (MenA) polysaccharide conjugate vaccine used in Sub-Saharan Africa does not prevent disease caused by MenW or MenX strains, which also cause epidemics in the region.
Rolando Pajon +2 more
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Vaccination dilemma on an evolving social network [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Vaccination is crucial for the control of epidemics. Yet it is a social dilemma since non-vaccinators can benefit from the herd immunity created by the vaccinators. Thus the optimum vaccination level is not reached via voluntary vaccination at times.
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The Information Ecosystem of Online Groups with Anti- and Pro-vaccine Views on Facebook [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Opposition and hesitancy to vaccination have been one of the major threats to global health. Social media sites have been suspected as a breeding ground of misleading narratives about vaccines, but little is known about how pervasive anti-vaccine views are on the world's largest social media, Facebook.
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Quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines
Vaccine, 2009 Neisseria meningitidis is an important cause of bacterial meningitis and septicaemia with most disease caused by meningococci bearing serogroups A, B, C, Y and W-135 polysaccharides. Monovalent serogroup C conjugate vaccines have become established in the immunisation programmes in many countries and the first quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine ...
Pace, D, Pollard, A, Messonier, N
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mBio, 2019 Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease, causes substantial global morbidity and economic burden. New prevention and control measures for this disease are urgently needed, as strains resistant to almost all classes of antibiotics available for ...
Henju Marjuki +5 more
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Evolution of Aluminium Sensitisation in a French Paediatric Population
Contact Dermatitis, EarlyView.
Laux Miranda +5 more
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014 Objectives: To analyze the behavior of meningococcal disease in the Federal District, Brazil, from 2005 to 2011, and to assess the direct impact of the meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine.
Márcia de Cantuária Tauil +3 more
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