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Continuing effectiveness of serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine, Chad, 2013. [PDF]

, 2015
In 2011, vaccination with a serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine was implemented in 3 of 23 regions in Chad. Cases of meningitis declined dramatically in vaccinated areas, but an epidemic continued in the rest of Chad.
Greenwood, Brian M, Ngadoua, C, Kadidja Gamougam, Dominique A. Caugant, Trotter, Caroline L, Toralta, J, Greenwood, B M, Ngadoua, Cyriaque, Fermon, Florence, Manigart, Olivier, Daugla, D M, Olivier Manigart, Daugla, Doumagoum M, Florence Fermon, Page, A-L, Caugant, D A, Djingarey, M H, Doumagoum M. Daugla, Fermon, F, James M. Stuart, Page, Anne-Laure, Trotter, C L, Caugant, Dominique A, Djingarey, Mamoudou H, Anne-Laure Page, Mamoudou Djingarey, Gamougam, Kadidja, Cyriaque Ngadoua, Toralta, Jacques, Stuart, J M, Stuart, James M, Gamougam, K, Manigart, O, Caroline L. Trotter, Jacques Toralta, Brian M. Greenwood   +35 more
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Changes in serogroup and genotype prevalence among carried meningococci in the United Kingdom during vaccine implementation [PDF]

, 2011
Natural fluctuations in carried meningococcal genotypes and phenotypes a can be affected by the use of conjugate vaccines, and not all of these changes are anticipatable in advance of vaccine ...
McCarthy, Noel D., Maclennan, Jenny, Evans, Meirion R, Rachel Urwin, Cameron, J. Claire, Neal, Keith R, Nicholas J. Andrews, Stuart C. Clarke, Cann, Kathryn, Noel D. McCarthy, Cameron, JC, Evans, MR, James M. Stuart, Harrison, S, Ala'aldeen, Dlawer, Cunningham, Richard, Martin C. J. Maiden, Jolley, Keith A, Derrick W. Crook, Dlawer Ala'Aldeen, Walker, AM, Baxter, David, Gray, Stephen J., Urwin, R, Crook, Derrick W., Keith R. Neal, Clarke, SC, Clarke, Stuart C, Maiden, Martin C. J., Jolley, Keith A., Stuart, James M., Maiden, Martin CJ, Keith A. Jolley, Kaczmarski, E, Walker, A. Mark, J. Simon Kroll, Richard Cunningham, Andrews, NJ, J. Claire Cameron, Crook, DW, Evans, Meirion Rhys, Harrison, Sarah, Andrews, Nicholas J, Edward Kaczmarski, Baxter, D, McCarthy, Noel D, Cann, K, Crook, Derrick W, Kathryn Cann, Ibarz-Pavón, Ana Belén, Clarke, Stuart C., Evans, Meirion R., A. Mark Walker, Cunningham, R, Kroll, J. Simon, Kroll, J Simon, Neal, KR, Cameron, J Claire, Maiden, MCJ, Andrews, Nicholas J., Neal, Keith R., McCarthy, ND, Stephen J. Gray, Jenny MacLennan, Meirion R. Evans, Urwin, Rachel, Stuart, James M, Stuart, JM, Sarah Harrison, Gray, SJ, Gray, Stephen J, Ana Belén Ibarz-Pavón, Walker, A Mark, Kaczmarski, Edward, David Baxter, Kroll, JS, Jolley, KA, Ala'Aldeen, D, MacLennan, J, Ibarz-Pavon, AB   +79 more
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Characterization of vaccine antigens of meningococcal serogroup W isolates from Ghana and Burkina Faso from 2003 to 2009 [PDF]

, 2014
Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of bacterial meningitis and a considerable health problem in the 25 countries of the 'African Meningitis Belt' that extends from Senegal in West Africa to Ethiopia in the East.
Calman MacLennan, Gerd Pluschke, Koeberling, Oliver, Oliver Koeberling, Ispasanie, Emma, MacLennan, Calman, Emma Ispasanie, Ali Sie, Abraham Hodgson, Pluschke, Gerd, Hodgson, Abraham, Sie, Ali, Pluschke G, MacLennan C, Ispasanie E, Sie A, Hodgson A, Koeberling O   +17 more
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Correlation of group C meningococcal conjugate vaccine response with B- and T-lymphocyte activity. [PDF]

, 2012
Despite the success of conjugate vaccination against meningococcal group C (MenC) disease, post-vaccination, some individuals still exhibit rapid waning of initially protective bactericidal antibody levels.
Findlow, J., Helen Findlow, Findlow, H., James B Wing, Findlow Jamie, Read, Robert C., Helen Findlow (184554), Read Robert C., Wing, J.B., Borrow, Ray, Heath, A.W., James B. Wing, Robert C. Read (145234), Borrow Ray, Read, R.C., Andrew Lees, Smart Lynne, Borrow, R., Heath, Andrew W., Lynne Smart, Lees, Andrew, Jennifer Carlring, Findlow, Helen, James B. Wing (184537), Wing James B., Findlow, Jamie, Ray Borrow, Robert C. Read, Heath Andrew W., Smart, L., Lees Andrew, Lynne Smart (184541), Ray Borrow (49342), Andrew W. Heath (184566), Jamie Findlow (184547), Smart, Lynne, Lees, A., Andrew Lees (184562), Andrew W Heath, Wing, James B., Andrew W. Heath, Robert C Read, Rachel A Foster, Findlow Helen, Jamie Findlow   +44 more
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Meningococcal glycoconjugate vaccines [PDF]

Human Vaccines, 2011
Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of invasive bacterial infections worldwide. For this reason, efforts to control the disease have been directed at optimizing meningococcal vaccines and implementing appropriate vaccination policies. In the past, plain polysaccharide vaccines containing purified capsular polysaccharides A, C, Y and W135 were ...
GASPARINI, ROBERTO, PANATTO, DONATELLA
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Epstein-Barr virus but not cytomegalovirus is associated with reduced vaccine antibody responses in Gambian infants. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) are persistent herpesviruses that have various immunomodulatory effects on their hosts. Both viruses are usually acquired in infancy in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region where childhood vaccines ...
Ebrima S Touray, Whittle, H., Miles David J. C., Kaye, Steve, Melba S Palmero, Roberts, E., Ojuola, Olubukola, Palmero Melba S., Ojuola, O, Kaye Steve, Duah, NO, Mohammed, N.I., Cotten, M., Marianne van der Sande, Waight Pauline, Rowland-Jones, S., Cotten, M, Touay, Ebrima S., Holder, B., Cotten Matthew, Mohammed, NI, van der Sande Marianne, Whittle, H, Crozier, Sarah, Roberts, Elishia, Rowland-Jones, Sarah, Crozier, S., Miles, David J.C., Palmero, Melba S., Ojuola Olubukola, Waight, P., Touray, ES, Beth Holder, Roberts Elishia, Nuredin Ibrahim Mohammed, Nancy O Duah, Sarah Crozier, Touray, E.S., Hilton Whittle, Mohammed, Nuredin Ibrahim, Elishia Roberts, Sarah Rowland-Jones, Ebrima S. Touray, Touray, Ebrima S, van der Sande, M., Nancy O. Duah, Matthew Cotten, Whittle Hilton, Miles, David J C, Steve Kaye, Miles, David JC, van der Sande, Marianne, Kaye, S, Ojuola, O., David J C Miles, Mohammed Nuredin Ibrahim, Holder Beth, Palmero, M.S., Duah Nancy O., Melba S. Palmero, Cotten, Matthew, Duah, Nancy O, Palmero, Melba S, Whittle, Hilton, Miles, DJC, Rowland-Jones Sarah, Miles, D.J., Kaye, S., Holder, B, Olubukola Ojuola, David J. C. Miles, Touray Ebrima S., Duah, Nancy O., Palmero, MS, Duah, N.O., Waight, Pauline, Roberts, E, Rowland-Jones, S, Holder, Beth, Waight, P, Crozier, S, Pauline Waight, Crozier Sarah, Van der Sande, M   +83 more
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Characteristics of and meningococcal disease prevention strategies for commercially insured persons receiving eculizumab in the United States.

PLoS ONE, 2020
IntroductionEculizumab is a licensed treatment for several rare, complement-mediated diseases. Eculizumab use is associated with an approximately 2,000-fold increased meningococcal disease risk.
Catherine H Bozio, Cheryl Isenhour, Lucy A McNamara   +2 more
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Development of group B meningococcal vaccine: a progress review

Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2022
Epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis is a respiratory infectious disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis, most commonly manifesting as meningitis and septicaemia.
Wei ZHAO, Shuang BAI, Yan-li KANG
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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.
Rachael, T., Stuart, J.M., T. RACHAEL, Schubert, K, J. M. STUART, W. HELLENBRAND, G. KRAUSE, Stuart, JM, K. SCHUBERT, Krause, Gérard, Hellenbrand, Wiebke, Schubert, K., Rachael, T, Hellenbrand, W, Krause, G   +14 more
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Trends and variations in the epidemiology of meningococcal disease in Kuwait 1987–2013

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2015
Summary: The introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine and conjugate pneumococcal vaccine into routine childhood vaccination in Kuwait has resulted in the emergence of Neisseria meningitidis as the leading cause of invasive ...
Entesar H. Husain, Mohammad Barakat, Mosaab Al-Saleh   +2 more
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