"Meningococcal Infections" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Infections with bacteria of the species NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D008589
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.625.549
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| Concept/Terms |
Meningococcal Infections- Meningococcal Infections
- Infection, Meningococcal
- Meningococcal Infection
- Infections, Meningococcal
- Meningococcal Disease
- Meningococcal Diseases
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Meningococcal Infections" by people in Profiles.
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Artenstein AW. A half-century of meningococcal vaccines. Vaccine. 2021 04 22; 39(17):2475-2478.
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Lewis LA, Ram S. Complement interactions with the pathogenic Neisseriae: clinical features, deficiency states, and evasion mechanisms. FEBS Lett. 2020 08; 594(16):2670-2694.
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Lujan E, Partridge E, Giuntini S, Ram S, Granoff DM. Breadth and Duration of Meningococcal Serum Bactericidal Activity in Health Care Workers and Microbiologists Immunized with the MenB-FHbp Vaccine. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2017 Aug; 24(8).
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Rossi R, Beernink PT, Giuntini S, Granoff DM. Susceptibility of Meningococcal Strains Responsible for Two Serogroup B Outbreaks on U.S. University Campuses to Serum Bactericidal Activity Elicited by the MenB-4C Vaccine. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2015 Dec; 22(12):1227-34.
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Shaughnessy J, Vu DM, Punjabi R, Serra-Pladevall J, DeOliveira RB, Granoff DM, Ram S. Fusion protein comprising factor H domains 6 and 7 and human IgG1 Fc as an antibacterial immunotherapeutic. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2014 Oct; 21(10):1452-9.
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Lewis LA, Vu DM, Granoff DM, Ram S. Inhibition of the alternative pathway of nonhuman infant complement by porin B2 contributes to virulence of Neisseria meningitidis in the infant rat model. Infect Immun. 2014 Jun; 82(6):2574-84.
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Lewis LA, Ram S. Meningococcal disease and the complement system. Virulence. 2014 Jan 01; 5(1):98-126.
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Giuntini S, Vu DM, Granoff DM. fH-dependent complement evasion by disease-causing meningococcal strains with absent fHbp genes or frameshift mutations. Vaccine. 2013 Aug 28; 31(38):4192-9.
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Zhang Y, Heidrich N, Ampattu BJ, Gunderson CW, Seifert HS, Schoen C, Vogel J, Sontheimer EJ. Processing-independent CRISPR RNAs limit natural transformation in Neisseria meningitidis. Mol Cell. 2013 May 23; 50(4):488-503.
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Vu DM, Shaughnessy J, Lewis LA, Ram S, Rice PA, Granoff DM. Enhanced bacteremia in human factor H transgenic rats infected by Neisseria meningitidis. Infect Immun. 2012 Feb; 80(2):643-50.