The outcome of a trial published in Science Translational Medicine, shows encouraging results for a new vaccine targeting group B meningococcus (MenB), a significant cause of meningococcal disease ...

We have used DNA microarrays to follow Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B (MenB) gene regulation during interaction with human epithelial cells. Host-cell contact induced changes in the expression ...

One problem is delayed recognition, as early symptoms can appear flu-like. There are several strains of meningococcus. Serogroup C is causing the outbreak among men who have sex with men who live ...

The study, by researchers from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, and Novartis, the vaccine manufacturer, looked at antibody levels against 8 strains of serogroup B meningococcus in 5 year ...

The winter of 2022-2023 has seen a resurgence of acute meningitis, specifically those caused by bacteria called meningococcus. JAMES CAVALLINI/PHOTO RESEARCHERS/BIOSPHOTO In addition to the triple ...

From the Department of Pediatrics, the Harvard Medical School, and the Infants' and Children's Hospital, Boston. McKhann — Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School. For record ...

This syndrome is associated with a bacteremia, the etiologic agent in the majority of cases being the meningococcus. Although the pneumococcus, hemolytic streptococcus and staphylococcus have also ...

The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare received over one million pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) doses from the Gavi-funded global stockpile this week to combat the ...

An Oregon State University student has been diagnosed with meningococcal disease, raising the possibility of a fresh outbreak on the Corvallis campus. Benton County health officials announced on ...