Background Meningococcal disease is a contagious bacterial infection caused by Neisseria
meningitidis (N meningitidis). Household contacts have the highest risk of contracting the …

Aims: The chemical composition of ethanol extracts from a Brazilian (Et‐Bra) and a
Bulgarian (Et‐Blg) propolis, and their activity against the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi …

Background Meningococcal disease can lead to death or disability within hours after onset.
Pre‐admission antibiotics aim to reduce the risk of serious disease and death by preventing …

Blocking bacterial adhesion to host surfaces provides novel potential to control infections.
The present study was directed to binding and inhibitory activity of different fresh berries and …

Deaths due to infectious diseases are common worldwide. The autopsy, although less
frequently performed than previously, is important to our understanding of disease …

The meningococcal meningitis (MM) vaccine reduces the incidence of MM significantly;
however, outbreaks still occur in communities with high vaccine coverage. We aimed to …

Primary care physicians are the gatekeepers of the medical community. They are the
physicians to whom patients first present, and they are often the physicians with whom …

We conducted a targeted literature review to understand the determinants of meningococcal
serogroups A, C, W, and Y (MenACWY) and meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) …

Neisseria meningitidis is one of the main causes of sepsis and meningitis, which are two
serious life-threatening diseases in both children and adolescents. Porin A (porA) from both …

Neisseria meningitidis is the pathogen of epidemic encephalomyelitis and is responsible for
permanent damage to the brain and nervous system. In the present study, the prokaryotic …