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Laboratory‐Acquired Serogroup A Meningococcal Meningitis

Journal of Occupational Health, 2007
Neisseria meningitidis causes fulminant meningitis and sepsis. Worldwide, N. meningitidis serogroup A is responsible for large epidemic outbreaks (e.g., subSaharan Africa) and serogroups B, C, Y and W-135 cause epidemic and endemic disease. Meningococci are usually transmitted from person to person through close contact with contaminated aerosols and ...
Alexander T. Kessler, David S. Stephens, Jyoti Somani   +2 more
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Chronic Carriage of Leptospira interrogans Genotype Associated With the Australis Serogroup by Naturally‐Infected Hedgehogs ( Erinaceus europaeus ) at a Wildlife Health Centre in Northwestern France

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 72, Issue 3, Page 324-329, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Background Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonosis caused by bacteria in the genus Leptospira. Basic epidemiological information is crucial to mitigating disease risk but is lacking for leptospirosis; notably, the hosts responsible for maintaining Leptospira remain largely unknown.
Florence Ayral, Julie Botman, Marine Le Guyader, Eve Ramery, Philippe Gourlay   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vaccines against meningococcal serogroup B disease containing outer membrane vesicles (OMV)

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2013
The utility of wild-type outer membrane vesicle (wtOMV) vaccines against serogroup B (MenB) meningococcal disease has been explored since the 1970s. Public health interventions in Cuba, Norway and New Zealand have demonstrated that these protein-based ...
J. Holst, P. Oster, R. Arnold, M. Tatley, L. Næss, I. Aaberge, Y. Galloway, A. Mcnicholas, J. O’Hallahan, E. Rosenqvist, S. Black   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Molecular Identification and Detection of Streptococcus Pneumoniae Serotypes Isolated from Selected Hospitals in Tehran Using Multiplex PCR Method

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, 2019
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the major pathogens responsible for invasive diseases such as pneumonia and meningitis. Epidemiological studies of these microorganisms are necessary to evaluate the effect of pneumococcal ...
S RafieiTabatabaei, F Fallah, D Afshar, A Nazari Alam   +3 more
doaj  

Dengue Vaccination: A Practical Guide for Clinicians

Vaccines
Dengue is a growing global public health challenge, with rising incidence and case fatality rates fueled by urbanization and climate change. The substantial mortality, morbidity, and economic burden associated with the disease underscore the need for ...
Kay Choong See
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Serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccines in Africa

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2015
Serogroup A meningococcal epidemics have been a recurrent public health problem, especially in resource-poor countries of Africa. Recently, the administration in mass vaccination campaigns of a single dose of the monovalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine, MenAfriVac, to the 1-29 year-old population of sub-Saharan Africa has prevented epidemics of ...
Paul A. Kristiansen, Dominique A. Caugant, Hannah J. Jørgensen   +2 more
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A Multi-Component Meningococcal Serogroup B Vaccine (4CMenB): The Clinical Development Program

Drugs, 2013
Recently approved in Europe and Australia, the multi-component meningococcal B vaccine, 4CMenB (Bexsero®, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics), contains three surface-exposed recombinant proteins (fHbp, NadA, and NHBA) and New Zealand strain outer membrane
M. O’Ryan, J. Stoddard, D. Toneatto, J. Wassil, P. Dull   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Epidemiology of meningococcal disease in the Panamanian pediatric population, 1998-2008

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010
Introduction: Worldwide public health authorities report 500,000 cases of invasive meningococcal disease with 50,000 deaths per year and 10-15% of sequelae in people affected.
Javier Nieto-Guevara, Kathia Luciani, Abian Montesdeoca-Melían, Mercedes Mateos-Durán   +3 more
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Genetic Relatedness of Corriparta Serogroup Viruses

Journal of General Virology, 1987
Eight viruses of the Corriparta serogroup (Reoviridae: Orbivirus) that were known to be heterogeneous on the basis of serology and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis were examined by reciprocal RNA-RNA blot hybridization of genomic RNA. Conserved and variant genes were identified by the degree of hybridization between cognate genes of different ...
D. L. Knudson, H. A. Gonzalez
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Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in Developing Countries: A 10-Year Review with Global Perspective

Microorganisms
In the past two decades, Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) has been responsible for multiple large-scale outbreaks worldwide, affecting thousands of individuals. While surveillance systems in developed countries such as the United States, the
Ali Nemati, Ali Dadvar, Mark Eppinger, Zohreh Karimpour, Soroush Saberi Kakhki, Alireza Sabeti Moghaddam Sabzevar, Mahdi Askari Badouei, Federica Gigliucci, Luis Fernando dos Santos, Keiji Nakamura, Hooman Javidi, Maryam Hafiz   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source