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Molecular Epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B in Brazil

PLoS ONE, 2012
BackgroundNeisseria meningitidis serogroup B has been predominant in Brazil, but no broadly effective vaccine is available to prevent endemic meningococcal disease.
Kurt Wollenberg, D Rebecca Prevots, Ivano de Filippis   +2 more
exaly   +5 more sources

Potential Use of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B Vaccines to Prevent Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection: Epidemiological Considerations. [PDF]

J Int AIDS Soc
ABSTRACT Introduction Clinical trials are evaluating the efficacy of serogroup B meningococcal (MenB) outer membrane vesicle (OMV) vaccines in preventing gonorrhoea. We assessed the global epidemiology of gonorrhoea and MenB invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) and reviewed national MenB‐OMV vaccination policies to inform potential use of these ...
Gottlieb SL, Rowley J, Balibrea N, Caugant DA, Borrow R, Durupt A, Marshall HS, Mello MB, Sáfadi MA, Preziosi MP.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Novel Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Serogroup Identification of Neisseria meningitidis in Cerebrospinal Fluid

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
We have developed a novel Neisseria meningitidis serogroup-specific loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for six of the most common meningococcal serogroups (A, B, C, W, X, and Y).
Dong Wook Kim, Hideyuki Takahashi, Mitsuko Seki   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B causing invasive disease, Italy, 2010-2021. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
In Italy, Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) due to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (MenB) showed the highest incidence rates in infants under one year of age.
Paola Vacca, Fenicia Vescio, Fortunato D'Ancona, Cecilia Fazio, Arianna Neri, Anna Carannante, Luigina Ambrosio, Florigio Romano Lista, Silvia Fillo, Andrea Ciammaruconi, Antonella Fortunato, Paola Stefanelli   +11 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Defining the Efficacy of Meningococcal B Vaccines Against Gonococcal Acquisition: The Current Landscape. [PDF]

J Int AIDS Soc
ABSTRACT Introduction Gonorrhoea is a major global sexually transmitted infection, with rising incidence and increasing antimicrobial resistance threatening current control strategies. If untreated, Neisseria gonorrhoeae can lead to severe reproductive health sequelae. Gonorrhoea is also linked to increased HIV acquisition and transmission.
Seib KL, Grulich AE.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of strains of Neisseria meningitidis causing meningococcal meningitis in Mozambique, 2014: Implications for vaccination against meningococcal meningitis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
INTRODUCTION:In sub Saharan Africa, the epidemiology, including the distribution of serogroups of strains of N. meningitidis is poorly investigated in countries outside "the meningitis belt".
Alcides Moniz Munguambe, António Eugénio Castro Cardoso de Almeida, Aquino Albino Nhantumbo, Charlotte Elizabeth Come, Tomás Francisco Zimba, José Paulo Langa, Ivano de Filippis, Eduardo Samo Gudo   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Invasive Disease Due to Neisseria meningitidis: Surveillance and Trends in Israel Prior to and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Microorganisms, 2023
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a devastating disease with significant mortality and long-term morbidity. The COVID-19 pandemic and containment measures have affected the epidemiology of infectious pathogens.
Chen Stein-Zamir, Hanna Shoob, Nitza Abramson, Lea Valinsky, Joseph Jaffe, David Maimoun, Sharon Amit, Maya Davidovich-Cohen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pediatric Invasive Meningococcal Disease, Auckland, New Zealand (Aotearoa), 2004–2020

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
New Zealand (Aotearoa) experienced a Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B epidemic during 1991–2006, and incidence remains twice that of other high-income countries. We reviewed clinical, laboratory, and immunization data for children
Cameron Burton, Emma Best, Matthew Broom, Helen Heffernan, Simon Briggs, Rachel Webb   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Artritis por meningococo. Revisión de un caso

Galicia Clínica, 2020
N. Meningitidis serogroup (A, B, C), are main causers of disease. Serogroup W-135 incidence is lower nowadays and, although it is increasing, is such an uncommon infection in adults. We report a case of a monoarthritis knee due to Neisseria meningitidis (
Paloma Picallo Lombardia, Pablo Lopez Mato, Ricardo Fernández Rodríguez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source