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

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 ...

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 ...

What they found is quite striking. There were 265 cases of invasive meningococcal disease in New York City during this period, and 40 of these cases -- or 15% -- occurred in people with HIV ...

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 ...

Original Article Archive Meningococcus Meningitis in Infants Author: CHARLES F. MC KHANN, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published March 13, 1930 N Engl J Med 1930;202: 520 - 523 ...

With immediate effect, a meningococcus vaccine would be administered for free in three doses covering all types of meningococcus. Each dose will cost the government €400 for a total outlay of €3m.

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 ...