Tag - Neisseria meningitidis

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Why US-Universities Battle Meningitis Outbreaks

The CDC issued a health warning on April 9, 2022 about an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida. Multiple meningococcal disease cases in college students had been reported in the state of Florida over the last...

18 April, 2022

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Meningitis Outbreak in the Tshopo Province, Democratic Republic of Congo

In July 2021, the Head of Provincial Health Division reported a record of 61 deaths in one week due to a disease presenting with symptoms of bacterial meningitis, i.e., fever, vomiting, loss of consciousness and in some...

26 January, 2022

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CHORI study reveals potential improvements for effectiveness of meningococcal vaccines

A study conducted by UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) scientists shows greatly improved protective antibody responses to a new mutant vaccine antigen for prevention of disease...

19 September, 2016

3 min read