Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B
"Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Strains of Neisseria meningitidis which are the most common ones causing infections or disease in infants. Serogroup B strains are isolated most frequently in sporadic cases, and are less common in outbreaks and epidemics.
| Descriptor ID |
D038541
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.400.425.550.550.641.710 B03.660.075.525.520.500.710
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B" by people in Profiles.
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Beernink PT, Vianzon V, Lewis LA, Moe GR, Granoff DM. A Meningococcal Outer Membrane Vesicle Vaccine with Overexpressed Mutant FHbp Elicits Higher Protective Antibody Responses in Infant Rhesus Macaques than a Licensed Serogroup B Vaccine. mBio. 2019 06 18; 10(3).
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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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Partridge E, Lujan E, Giuntini S, Vu DM, Granoff DM. The role of anti-NHba antibody in bactericidal activity elicited by the meningococcal serogroup B vaccine, MenB-4C. Vaccine. 2017 07 24; 35(33):4236-4244.
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Giuntini S, Lujan E, Gibani MM, Dold C, Rollier CS, Pollard AJ, Granoff DM. Serum Bactericidal Antibody Responses of Adults Immunized with the MenB-4C Vaccine against Genetically Diverse Serogroup B Meningococci. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2017 Jan; 24(1).
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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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Granoff DM, Costa I, Konar M, Giuntini S, Van Rompay KK, Beernink PT. Binding of Complement Factor H (FH) Decreases Protective Anti-FH Binding Protein Antibody Responses of Infant Rhesus Macaques Immunized With a Meningococcal Serogroup B Vaccine. J Infect Dis. 2015 Sep 01; 212(5):784-92.
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Giuntini S, Pajon R, Ram S, Granoff DM. Binding of complement factor H to PorB3 and NspA enhances resistance of Neisseria meningitidis to anti-factor H binding protein bactericidal activity. Infect Immun. 2015 Apr; 83(4):1536-45.
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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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Serruto D, Bottomley MJ, Ram S, Giuliani MM, Rappuoli R. The new multicomponent vaccine against meningococcal serogroup B, 4CMenB: immunological, functional and structural characterization of the antigens. Vaccine. 2012 May 30; 30 Suppl 2:B87-97.
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Giuntini S, Beernink PT, Reason DC, Granoff DM. Monoclonal antibodies to meningococcal factor H binding protein with overlapping epitopes and discordant functional activity. PLoS One. 2012; 7(3):e34272.