Parents of college-bound teens have been asking me pointed questions about the vaccine that more colleges are recommending to prevent meningitis in freshmen. Let me take my best shot and tell you ...

Meningococcus group B, the most prevalent strain of meningococcal infection, is prevented with 79 per cent effectiveness in children and young adults inoculated with the 4CMenB vaccine, also known ...

To evade the immune system, the meningococcus generates genetic variants and balances this genome instability with genome repair. Tonje Davidsen and Tone Tønjum review the dynamics of the ...

In Brief Published: 15 November 2013 Bacterial pathogenesis Meningococcus warms up to immune evasion Christina Tobin Kåhrström Nature Reviews Microbiology 11, 818 (2013) Cite this article ...

Meningococcus is transmitted by secretions, such as sharing glasses or a bottle, or by kissing. This is part of why infections are more common among high school/college kids.

Meningococcus group B, the most prevalent strain of meningococcal infection, is prevented with 79 per cent effectiveness in children and young adults inoculated with the 4CMenB vaccine, also known as ...

Meningococcus group B, the most prevalent strain of meningococcal infection, is prevented with 79 per cent effectiveness in children and young adults inoculated with the 4CMenB vaccine, also known ...

Meningococcus—so-called because of its propensity to involve the meninges, that thin lining surrounding the brain—preferentially attacks teens and young adults.

A new study shows that a new 4-component meningococcal (4CMenB) vaccine for teenagers is effective when administered on a schedule of 2 doses from 1 to 6 months apart. María Elena Santolaya, from ...

A year-old boy and his two-year-old sister were in stable condition over the weekend after being admitted on Tuesday to Jerusalem's Bikur Holim Hospital with a virulent strain of meningococcus ...