Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup X ST-5799 (ST-22 complex) in Turkey: A unique pediatric case by Gönül Tanır, Yasemin Ozsurekci, Jay Lucidarme, Sevgi Yaşar Durmuş, Aiswarya Lekshmi, Özlem Akisoglu, Ahmet Emre Aycan, Ray Borrow, Mehmet Ceyhan

“…Although outbreaks of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X occured in a couple of African countries, a limited number of serogroup X meningococcal cases were reported in America and Europe as well as Turkey. …”
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Use of expanded Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B panels with the serum bactericidal antibody assay for the evaluation of meningococcal B vaccine effectiveness by Ray Borrow, Federico Martinón-Torres, Véronique Abitbol, Anar Andani, Scott Preiss, Alessandro Muzzi, Laura Serino, Woo-Yun Sohn

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Meningococcal infections among refugees and immigrants: silent threats of past, present and future by Ener Cagri Dinleyici, Ray Borrow

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The important lessons lurking in the history of meningococcal epidemiology by Ray Borrow, Jamie Findlow

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A review of complement sources used in serum bactericidal assays for evaluating immune responses to meningococcal ACWY conjugate vaccines by Jamie Findlow, Paul Balmer, Ray Borrow

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae lipooligosaccharide glycan epitopes recognized by bactericidal IgG antibodies elicited by the meningococcal group B-directed vaccine, MenB-4C by Yih-Ling Tzeng, Soma Sannigrahi, Ray Borrow, David S. Stephens, David S. Stephens

Subjects: “…Neisseria meningitidis…”
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The Global Meningococcal Initiative: global epidemiology, the impact of vaccines on meningococcal disease and the importance of herd protection by Ray Borrow, Pedro Alarcón, Josefina Carlos, Dominique A. Caugant, Hannah Christensen, Roberto Debbag, Philippe De Wals, Gabriela Echániz-Aviles, Jamie Findlow, Chris Head, Daphne Holt, Hajime Kamiya, Samir K Saha, Sergey Sidorenko, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Caroline Trotter, Julio A. Vázquez Moreno, Anne von Gottberg, Marco A. P. Sáfadi

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Evaluation of Dried Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid Filter Paper Spots for Storing and Transporting Clinical Material for the Molecular Diagnosis of Invasive Meningococcal Disease by Brenda A. Kwambana-Adams, Stephen A. Clark, Nicole Tay, Schadrac Agbla, Chrispin Chaguza, Eunice W. Kagucia, Ray Borrow, Robert S. Heyderman

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Herd Protection against Meningococcal Disease through Vaccination by Stephen A. Clark, Ray Borrow

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The Global Meningococcal Initiative meeting on prevention of meningococcal disease worldwide: Epidemiology, surveillance, hypervirulent strains, antibiotic resistance and high-risk... by Reinaldo Acevedo, Xilian Bai, Ray Borrow, Dominique A. Caugant, Josefina Carlos, Mehmet Ceyhan, Hannah Christensen, Yanet Climent, Philippe De Wals, Ener Cagri Dinleyici, Gabriela Echaniz-Aviles, Ahmed Hakawi, Hajime Kamiya, Andromachi Karachaliou, Jay Lucidarme, Susan Meiring, Konstantin Mironov, Marco A. P. Sáfadi, Zhujun Shao, Vinny Smith, Robert Steffen, Bianca Stenmark, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Caroline Trotter, Julio A. Vázquez, Bingqing Zhu

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Does vaccination with 4CMenB convey protection against meningococcal serogroup B strains not predicted to be covered by MATS? A study of the UK clonal complex cc269 by Maria Stella, Maria Giuliani, Alessia Biolchi, Sara Tomei, Rosita De Paola, Xilian Bai, Ray Borrow, Jay Lucidarme, Rita La Gaetana, Daniela Toneatto, Mariagrazia Pizza, Laura Serino, Elena Mori, Marzia Monica Giuliani

Subjects: “…neisseria meningitidis…”
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The distribution and 'in vivo' phase variation status of haemoglobin receptors in invasive meningococcal serogroup B disease: genotypic and phenotypic analysis. by Jay Lucidarme, Jamie Findlow, Hannah Chan, Ian M Feavers, Stephen J Gray, Edward B Kaczmarski, Julian Parkhill, Xilian Bai, Ray Borrow, Christopher D Bayliss

“…Two haemoglobin-binding proteins, HmbR and HpuAB, contribute to iron acquisition by Neisseria meningitidis. These receptors are subject to high frequency, reversible switches in gene expression--phase variation (PV)--due to mutations in homopolymeric (poly-G) repeats present in the open reading frame. …”
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Immunogenicity and safety of a quadrivalent meningococcal tetanus toxoid-conjugate vaccine (MenACYW-TT) in healthy toddlers: a Phase II randomized study by Timo Vesikari, Ray Borrow, Aino Forsten, Helen Findlow, Mandeep S. Dhingra, Emilia Jordanov

“…Neisseria meningitidis can lead to invasive meningococcal disease to which young children are particularly vulnerable. …”
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