Innate immune response to lipooligosaccharide: pivotal regulator of the pathobiology of invasive Neisseria meningitidis infections

CM John, NJ Phillips, DC Stein… - Pathogens and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Infections due to Neisseria meningitidis afflict more than one million people worldwide
annually and cause death or disability in many survivors. The clinical course of invasive …

How the Knowledge of Interactions between Meningococcus and the Human Immune System Has Been Used to Prepare Effective Neisseria meningitidis Vaccines

R Gasparini, D Panatto, NL Bragazzi… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the last decades, tremendous advancement in dissecting the mechanisms of
pathogenicity of Neisseria meningitidis at a molecular level has been achieved, exploiting …

Meningitis caused by Neisseria Meningitidis, Hemophilus Influenzae Type B and Streptococcus Pneumoniae during 2005–2012 in Turkey: A multicenter prospective …

M Ceyhan, N Gürler, Y Ozsurekci, M Keser… - Human vaccines & …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Successful vaccination policies for protection from bacterial meningitis are dependent on
determination of the etiology of bacterial meningitis. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples were …

A comparative evaluation of two investigational meningococcal ABCWY vaccine formulations: results of a phase 2 randomized, controlled trial

SL Block, L Szenborn, W Daly, T Jackowska… - Vaccine, 2015 - Elsevier
Background A meningococcal vaccine protective against all major disease-associated
serogroups (A, B, C, W and Y) is an unmet public health need. In this phase 2 observer …

[HTML][HTML] Targeted DNA enrichment and whole genome sequencing of Neisseria meningitidis directly from clinical specimens

SA Clark, R Doyle, J Lucidarme, R Borrow… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract In England and Wales, approximately one half of all laboratory-confirmed
meningococcal disease cases fail to yield a viable invasive isolate, primarily due to the use …

Vaccinating Italian infants with a new multicomponent vaccine (Bexsero®) against meningococcal B disease: A cost-effectiveness analysis

R Gasparini, P Landa, D Amicizia, G Icardi… - Human vaccines & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The European Medicines Agency has approved a multicomponent serogroup B
meningococcal vaccine (Bexsero®) for use in individuals of 2 months of age and older. A …

Evaluation of intranasal and subcutaneous route of immunization in neonatal mice using DODAB-BF as adjuvant with outer membrane vesicles of Neisseria …

FA de Oliveira Santos, N Lincopan, E De Gaspari - Immunobiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Neisseria meningitidis bacterium is a Gram-negative diplococcus
that can be classified into different serogroups according to the capsular structure. Six of …

A deeper mining on the protein composition of VA-MENGOC-BC®: An OMV-based vaccine against N. meningitidis serogroup B and C

Y Masforrol, J Gil, D Garcia, J Noda… - Human Vaccines & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The protein composition of an Outer Membrane Vesicle (OMV) preparation that constitutes
the active pharmaceutical ingredient of VA-MENGOC-BC®, an effective vaccine against …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing Bacterial Extracellular Vesicle Immune Effects for Cancer Therapy

I Karaman, A Pathak, D Bayik… - Pathogens and Immunity, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There are a growing number of studies linking the composition of the human microbiome to
disease states and treatment responses, especially in the context of cancer. This has raised …

Why the anti-meningococcal B vaccination during adolescence should be implemented in Italy: an overview of available evidence

S Boccalini, B Zanella, P Landa, D Amicizia, A Bechini… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although meningococcal disease has a low incidence in Italy, it is a public health concern
owing to its high lethality rate and high frequency of transitory and/or permanent sequelae …