ABSTRACT Introduction: The 2015 Global Meningococcal Initiative (GMI) meeting discussed
the global importance of meningococcal disease (MD) and its continually changing …

As reviewed in this paper, meningococcal disease epidemiology varies substantially by
geographic area and time. The disease can occur as sporadic cases, outbreaks, and large …

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 …

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 …

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 Global Meningococcal Initiative (GMI) is composed of an international group of
scientists, clinicians and public health officials with expertise in meningococcal immunology …

Objective: Meningococcal disease continues to be a serious public health concern, being
associated with high morbidity and mortality rates in many countries from Latin America. In …

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) …

Meningococcal disease is mostly endemic in Latin America, with periodic occurrences of
outbreaks and epidemics over the last few decades. This literature review summarizes the …

Background Since 2010, there has been an increase in serogroup W Neisseria meningitidis
(MenW) disease in many countries due to an emerging sequence type-11 clonal complex …