"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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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.400.425.550.550.641 B03.660.075.525.520.500
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neisseria meningitidis" by people in Profiles.
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Optimizing timing of adolescent vaccines: Impact of initiating HPV vaccination before Tdap or meningococcal vaccination on timely completion of the HPV vaccine series. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2023 Dec 31; 19(1):2175541.
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Impact of meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccines on pharyngeal carriage in adolescents: evidence for herd protection from the UK MenACWY programme. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2022 Dec; 28(12):1649.e1-1649.e8.
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Structure of the N-terminal domain of human CEACAM1: binding target of the opacity proteins during invasion of Neisseria meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2006 Sep; 62(Pt 9):971-9.
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Selection of an immunogenic peptide mimic of the capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A using a peptide display library. Vaccine. 2000 Jan 18; 18(13):1253-63.
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Elderly immune response to a TI-2 antigen: heavy and light chain use and bactericidal activity to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C polysaccharide. J Infect Dis. 1999 Jun; 179(6):1433-40.
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Electromorphic characterization and description of conserved epitopes of the lipooligosaccharides of group A Neisseria meningitidis. Infect Immun. 1988 Oct; 56(10):2631-8.
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Antibody responses of black children to Haemophilus influenzae type b polysaccharide-Neisseria meningitidis outer-membrane protein conjugate vaccine in relation to the Km(1) allotype. J Infect Dis. 1988 Jun; 157(6):1242-5.
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Immunoglobulin allotypes and immune response to meningococcal polysaccharides A and C. J Immunogenet. 1982 Feb; 9(1):25-9.
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Immunoglobulin allotypes and immune response to meningococcal group B polysaccharide. J Clin Invest. 1981 Nov; 68(5):1378-80.
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Association between immunoglobulin allotypes and immune responses to Haemophilus influenzae and Meningococcus polysaccharides. Lancet. 1979 Jan 27; 1(8109):190-2.