 Neisseria meningitidis
"Neisseria meningitidis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of gram-negative, aerobic BACTERIA. It is a commensal and pathogen only of humans, and can be carried asymptomatically in the NASOPHARYNX. When found in cerebrospinal fluid it is the causative agent of cerebrospinal meningitis (MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL). It is also found in venereal discharges and blood. There are at least 13 serogroups based on antigenic differences in the capsular polysaccharides; the ones causing most meningitis infections being A, B, C, Y, and W-135. Each serogroup can be further classified by serotype, serosubtype, and immunotype.
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D009345
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B03.440.400.425.550.550.641 B03.660.075.525.520.500
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| 1989 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neisseria meningitidis" by people in Profiles.
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Mann B, Thornton J, Heath R, Wade KR, Tweten RK, Gao G, El Kasmi K, Jordan JB, Mitrea DM, Kriwacki R, Maisonneuve J, Alderson M, Tuomanen EI. Broadly protective protein-based pneumococcal vaccine composed of pneumolysin toxoid-CbpA peptide recombinant fusion protein. J Infect Dis. 2014 Apr 01; 209(7):1116-25.
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Lujan-Zilbermann J, Warshaw MG, Williams PL, Spector SA, Decker MD, Abzug MJ, Heckman B, Manzella A, Kabat B, Jean-Philippe P, Nachman S, Siberry GK. Immunogenicity and safety of 1 vs 2 doses of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine in youth infected with human immunodeficiency virus. J Pediatr. 2012 Oct; 161(4):676-81.e2.
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Allison MA, Cohn AC, Stokley S, Crane LA, O'Leary ST, Hurley LP, Babbel CI, Dong F, Gahm C, Temte JL, Kempe A. Timing of adolescent meningococcal conjugate vaccination attitudes and practices of pediatricians and family medicine physicians. Am J Prev Med. 2011 Dec; 41(6):581-7.
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Eshoo MW, Crowder CD, Li H, Matthews HE, Meng S, Sefers SE, Sampath R, Stratton CW, Blyn LB, Ecker DJ, Tang YW. Detection and identification of Ehrlichia species in blood by use of PCR and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Feb; 48(2):472-8.
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Steeghs L, Keestra AM, van Mourik A, Uronen-Hansson H, van der Ley P, Callard R, Klein N, van Putten JP. Differential activation of human and mouse Toll-like receptor 4 by the adjuvant candidate LpxL1 of Neisseria meningitidis. Infect Immun. 2008 Aug; 76(8):3801-7.
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Naguleswaran A, Fialho AM, Chaudhari A, Hong CS, Chakrabarty AM, Sullivan WJ. Azurin-like protein blocks invasion of Toxoplasma gondii through potential interactions with parasite surface antigen SAG1. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Feb; 52(2):402-8.
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Zimmer SM, Zughaier SM, Tzeng YL, Stephens DS. Human MD-2 discrimination of meningococcal lipid A structures and activation of TLR4. Glycobiology. 2007 Aug; 17(8):847-56.
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Zimmer SM, Stephens DS. Serogroup B meningococcal vaccines. Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2006 Aug; 7(8):733-9.
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Sharip A, Sorvillo F, Redelings MD, Mascola L, Wise M, Nguyen DM. Population-based analysis of meningococcal disease mortality in the United States: 1990-2002. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2006 Mar; 25(3):191-4.
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Zughaier SM, Tzeng YL, Zimmer SM, Datta A, Carlson RW, Stephens DS. Neisseria meningitidis lipooligosaccharide structure-dependent activation of the macrophage CD14/Toll-like receptor 4 pathway. Infect Immun. 2004 Jan; 72(1):371-80.
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