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

The outcome of a trial published in Science Translational Medicine, shows encouraging results for a new vaccine targeting group B meningococcus (MenB), a significant cause of meningococcal disease ...

CDC data show that cases of meningococcal disease caused by serogroup B in the United States is at an all-time low — only 0.11 cases per 100,000 people in 2017. Despite the rarity of the disease ...

Parents of college-bound teens have been asking pointed questions about the vaccine that more colleges are recommending to prevent meningitis in freshmen. The vaccine prevents infection from a type of ...

A 17-year-old is in critical condition in the intensive care unit at Nicosia general hospital after being diagnosed with meningitis, a brain and spinal cord membrane infection. This is the third ...

Object Details maker Parke, Davis and Company Location Currently not on view Credit Line Gift of Parke, Davis & Company date made ca 1940 ID Number MG.M-04894.03 catalog number M-04894.03 accession ...

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 ...

"Varied immunity by age 5 in children vaccinated with serogroup B meningococcus as babies." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 23 March 2015. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 03 / 150323132252.htm>.

The HG Meningococcus throat swab test can detect all known pathogenic Neisseria Meningitidis serogroups A, B, C, 29E, W135, X, Y, Z, at very low levels, with a high degree of accuracy.

Archive Chronic Meningococcus Septicemia Authors: JAMES F. BINNS, M.D., and LE ROY D. FOTHERGILL, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published September 10, 1931 N Engl J Med 1931;205: 536 - 539 ...