The epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease continues to change rapidly, even in the three years since the first Meningococcal Exchange Meeting in 2008. Control of disease …
England and Wales are experiencing a year-on-year increase in meningococcal group W (MenW) disease since 2009–2010, following rapid expansion of a single endemic …
Abstract Systems vaccinology has defined molecular signatures and mechanisms of immunity to vaccination. However, comparative analysis of immunity to different vaccines is …
J Holst, P Oster, R Arnold, M Tatley… - Human vaccines & …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The utility of wild-type outer membrane vesicle (wtOMV) vaccines against serogroup B (MenB) meningococcal disease has been explored since the 1970s. Public health …
PC McCarthy, A Sharyan, L Sheikhi Moghaddam - Vaccines, 2018 - mdpi.com
Neisseria meningitidis causes most cases of bacterial meningitis. Meningococcal meningitis is a public health burden to both developed and developing countries throughout the world …
A number of meningococcal vaccines have either been recently licensed or are in late- phase clinical trials. To inform national vaccination policy, it is important to define the burden …
Extracellular capsules constitute the outermost layer of many bacteria, are major virulence factors, and affect antimicrobial therapies. They have been used as epidemiological markers …
M Vella, D Pace - Expert opinion on biological therapy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Globally, the three main pathogens causing serious infections are Haemophilus influenzae type b, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis …