Global epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease

RZ Jafri, A Ali, NE Messonnier, C Tevi-Benissan… - Population health …, 2013 - Springer
Neisseria meningitidis is one of the leading causes of bacterial meningitis globally and can
also cause sepsis, pneumonia, and other manifestations. In countries with high endemic …

Neisseria meningitidis: Biology, Microbiology, and Epidemiology

NG Rouphael, DS Stephens - Neisseria meningitidis: advanced methods …, 2012 - Springer
Neisseria meningitidis (the meningococcus) causes significant morbidity and mortality in
children and young adults worldwide through epidemic or sporadic meningitis and/or …

The changing and dynamic epidemiology of meningococcal disease

SA Halperin, JA Bettinger, B Greenwood, LH Harrison… - Vaccine, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Increase in Endemic Neisseria meningitidis Capsular Group W Sequence Type 11 Complex Associated With Severe Invasive Disease in England and Wales

SN Ladhani, K Beebeejaun, J Lucidarme… - Clinical Infectious …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
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 …

Recent changes in the epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W across the world, current vaccination policy choices and possible future strategies

R Booy, A Gentile, M Nissen, J Whelan… - Human vaccines & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a serious disease that is fatal in 5–15% and
disabling in 12–20% of cases. The dynamic and unpredictable epidemiology is a particular …

Global epidemiology of capsular group W meningococcal disease (1970–2015): Multifocal emergence and persistence of hypervirulent sequence type (ST)-11 clonal …

MM Mustapha, JW Marsh, LH Harrison - Vaccine, 2016 - Elsevier
Following an outbreak in Mecca Saudi Arabia in 2000, meningococcal strains expressing
capsular group W (W) emerged as a major cause of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) …

The epidemiology of meningococcal disease and the impact of vaccines

A Khatami, AJ Pollard - Expert review of vaccines, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Neisseria meningitidis causes endemic meningococcal disease worldwide. Serogroups B
and C are responsible for the majority of cases of meningococcal disease in Europe …

Serogroup W meningococcal disease: global spread and current affect on the Southern Cone in Latin America

R Abad, EL López, R Debbag… - Epidemiology & Infection, 2014 - cambridge.org
Meningococcal serogroup W strains have been emerging throughout the current century
with most of the isolates belonging to the sequence type (ST11)/electrophoretic type (ET37) …

Genomic epidemiology of hypervirulent serogroup W, ST-11 Neisseria meningitidis

MM Mustapha, JW Marsh, MG Krauland… - …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Neisseria meningitidis is a leading bacterial cause of sepsis and meningitis globally with
dynamic strain distribution over time. Beginning with an epidemic among Hajj pilgrims in …

Safety and immunogenicity of one dose of MenACWY-CRM, an investigational quadrivalent meningococcal glycoconjugate vaccine, when administered to …

A Arguedas, C Soley, C Loaiza, G Rincon, S Guevara… - Vaccine, 2010 - Elsevier
This Phase III study evaluates an investigational quadrivalent meningococcal CRM197
conjugate vaccine, MenACWY-CRM (Novartis Vaccines), when administered concomitantly …