This review summarizes the recent Global Meningococcal Initiative (GMI) regional meeting,
which explored meningococcal disease in North America. Invasive meningococcal disease …

Background An effective, affordable, multivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine is
needed to prevent epidemic meningitis in the African meningitis belt. Data on the safety and …

Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of microbial pathogens recovered from patients with
infectious disease facilitates high-resolution strain characterization and molecular …

To improve the storage and transport of clinical specimens for the diagnosis of Neisseria
meningitidis (Nm) infections in resource-limited settings, we have evaluated the …

In vitro cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) production via somatic embryogenesis (SE) is being
implemented to mass propagate clonal plant material with the donor material's prominent …

Abstract [eng] The bacteria Neisseria meningitidis is responsible for the worldwide cases of
life-threatening invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), the most commonly associated with …