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Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 2019 Neisseria meningitidis is a major cause of meningitis and septicemia with cases, outbreaks, and epidemics reported globally in industrialized and non-industrialized countries. N. meningitidis is categorized into 12 serogroups; however, only 5 serogroups (
Jessica Presa +4 more
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Looking beyond meningococcal B with the 4CMenB vaccine: the Neisseria effect
npj Vaccines, 2021 Infections with Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae have different clinical manifestations, but the bacteria share up to 80–90% genome sequence identity.
Yara Ruiz García +9 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]
PLoS Medicine, 2018 BACKGROUND:The introduction of a conjugate vaccine for serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis has dramatically reduced disease in the African meningitis belt.
Reza Yaesoubi +8 more
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Construction of Opa-positive and Opa-negative strains of Neisseria meningitidis to evaluate a novel meningococcal vaccine. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Neisseria meningitidis is a major global pathogen causing invasive disease with a mortality of 5-10%. Most disease in developed countries is caused by serogroup B infection, against which there is no universal vaccine.
Manish Sadarangani +11 more
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Impact of vaccination on meningococcal epidemiology [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2015 Neisseria meningitidis may cause invasive disease (meningitis and sepsis), leading to considerable disease burden and mortality. However, effective vaccines are available against most pathogenic serogroups. Large-scale vaccination campaigns with the MCC vaccine conducted in UK and with MenAfriVac in the Sahel have clearly demonstrated the direct and ...
Stefanelli P, Rezza G
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Factors Associated with Immunization Opinion Leadership among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles, California [PDF]
, 2018 We sought to identify the characteristics of men who have sex with men (MSM) who are opinion leaders on immunization issues and to identify potential opportunities to leverage their influence for vaccine promotion within MSM communities.
Bednarczyk, Robert +9 more
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2020 Over the past 15 y, several vaccines have been added to the recommended immunization schedule for adolescents in the United States. In addition to annual influenza vaccination, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends tetanus ...
Linda M. Niccolai, Caitlin E. Hansen
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Эпидемиология и вакцинопрофилактика, 2023 Relevance. In the Russian Federation, despite the low incidence rate in 2020–2021, there are subjects where the incidence rate of meningococcal infection (MI) exceeds the national average by 2–9 times.
V. V. Romanenko +3 more
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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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Post vaccinal temporary sensorineural hearing loss [PDF]
, 2018 In our systematic research we identified four studies concerning the onset of neurological adverse events following vaccination and two excluding this association.
De Cesare, Donato Pompeo +8 more
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