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Prevalence of Neisseria meningitidis carriage: a small-scale survey in Istanbul, Turkey

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2016
Introduction: The human nasopharynx is the main reservoir of Neisseria meningitidis, and asymptomatic carriage is common. N. meningitidis one of the common causes of bacterial meningitis in Turkey, especially after the implementation of the national ...
Eda Kepenekli Kadayifci, Deniz Güneşer Merdan, Ahmet Soysal, Ayşe Karaaslan, Serkan Atıcı, Rıza Durmaz, Perran Boran, İhsan Turan, Güner Söyletir, Mustafa Bakır   +9 more
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Current Understanding of Meningitis Pathogens, Immunity Gap, and Future Prevention Strategies in Sri Lanka: A Narrative Review

International Journal of Microbiology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Meningitis, an acute and life‐threatening inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord caused primarily by bacterial, viral, fungal, or parasitic infections, remains a major global health challenge, causing significant morbidity and mortality, particularly among children and vulnerable populations.
Thashmila Heshani, Dilshan Sandaru, Sachindu Madhushara, Sarfaraz Ahmad Ejazi, Bhagya Deepachandi, Kadir Akar   +5 more
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Meningitis Serogroup W135 Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2002. [PDF]

, 2007
In 2002, the largest epidemic of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W135 occurred in Burkina Faso. The highest attack rate was in children
Tiendrebeogo, SR, Dominique A. Caugant, Philippe J. Guerin, Guerin, P J, Nathan, N, Sylvestre R.M. Tiendrebeogo, Legros, D, Tiendrebeogo, S R M, Egil Bjørløw, Rose, A M C, Nicolas Nathan, Bachy, C, Catherine Bachy, Peter Firmenich, Caugant, D A, Firmenich, P, Dominique Legros, Rose, AM, Bjørløw, E, Guerin, PJ, Caugant, DA, Angela M.C. Rose   +21 more
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Enfoques mucosales en vacunologia de Neisseria

VacciMonitor, 2009
Meningococcal B strains accounts for some 72% and 28% of meningococcal diseases in infants and toddlers in Europe and the USA, respectively. Nevertheless, meningococcal diseases are rare in Cuba owing to the wide spread program on antimeningococcal ...
Pérez O, del Campo J, Cuello M, González E, Nuñez N, Cabrera O, Llanes R, Acevedo R, Zayas C, Balboa J, Romeu B, Baró M, Campa C, M I Lantero, Sierra G, Galindo MA, Harandi AM, Lastre M   +17 more
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Distinct Binding and Immunogenic Properties of the Gonococcal Homologue of Meningococcal Factor H Binding Protein [PDF]

, 2013
10/03/14 MEB.
Tang Christoph M., Caesar, JJE, Johnson, Steven, Susan M. Lea, Susan M Lea, Jongerius, Ilse, Ilse Jongerius, Ruivo Nicola, Lionel Tan, Exley Rachel M., Joseph J. E. Caesar (440696), Tan, L, Lea, Susan, Rachel M. Exley, Johnson Steven, Tan Lionel, Caesar, JJ, Tang, Christoph, Steven Johnson (41082), Nicola Ruivo (124559), Ilse Jongerius, Ilse Jongerius (246324), Lea Susan M., Johnson, S, Ruivo, N, Susan M. Lea (124574), Joseph J E Caesar, Rachel M. Exley (49336), Lea, SM, Joseph J. E. Caesar, Christoph M. Tang, Nicola Ruivo, Exley, RM, Exley, Rachel, Lionel Tan (124548), Lavender Hayley, Tang, CM, Steven Johnson, Jongerius, I, Hayley Lavender, Christoph M Tang, Jongerius Ilse, Caesar Joseph J. E., Hayley Lavender (167686), Christoph M. Tang (49346), Rachel M Exley, Lavender, H   +46 more
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Species status of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Evolutionary and epidemiological inferences from multilocus sequence typing [PDF]

, 2007
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work
Julia S Bennett, Maiden, MCJ, Keith A Jolley, Ian M Feavers, Jolley Keith A, Martin CJ Maiden, Bennett, JS, Feavers, IM, Maiden Martin CJ, Maiden, MC, Hart C Anthony, Saunders, Nigel, Saunders, NJ, C Anthony Hart, P Frederick Sparling, Sparling, PF, Saunders Nigel J, Bennett Julia S, Nigel J Saunders, Hart, CA, Sparling P Frederick, Jolley, KA, Feavers Ian M   +22 more
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Global epidemiology of serogroup B meningococcal disease and opportunities for prevention with novel recombinant protein vaccines

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Background: Meningococcal disease (MD) is a major cause of meningitis and sepsis worldwide, with a high case fatality rate and frequent sequelae. Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, B, C, W, X and Y are responsible for most of these life-threatening ...
Rodolfo Villena, Marco Aurelio P. Safadi, María Teresa Valenzuela, Juan P. Torres, Adam Finn, Miguel O'Ryan   +5 more
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Contribution of receptors to 'Neisseria meningitidis' interactions with human macrophages [PDF]

, 2004
N. meningitidis is a gram-negative human pathogen that invades human cells, evades immune responses and goes on to cause meningococcal disease, sepsis and death.
Abdillahi, Fatumo Abdi
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Fever-Associated Supraventricular Tachycardia after 4CMenB Vaccination in an Infant

Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2019
Meningococcal serogroup B vaccine 4CMenB (Bexsero) is a new four-component protein vaccine developed to prevent Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B infections. Case.
Erdem Gönüllü, Burcu Topçu, Naci Öner, Ahmet Soysal, Metin Karaböcüoğlu   +4 more
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Distribution of Serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis and Antigenic Characterization of Serogroup Y Meningococci in Canada, January 1, 1999 to June 30, 2001

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2002
The relative frequency of serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis associated with meningococcal disease in Canada during the period January 1, 1999 to June 30, 2001 was examined.
Raymond SW Tsang, Susan G Squires, Wendell D Zollinger, Fraser E Ashton   +3 more
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