Reports of illness resembling meningococcal disease date back to the 16th century. The
description reported by Vieusseux in 1805 is generally thought to be the first definitive …

Neisseria meningitidis (the meningococcus) causes significant morbidity and mortality in
children and young adults worldwide through epidemic or sporadic meningitis and/or …

Although renowned as a lethal pathogen, Neisseria meningitidis has adapted to be a
commensal of the human nasopharynx. It shares extensive genetic and antigenic similarities …

Over the last few years, dramatic increases in our knowledge about diffusely adhering
Escherichia coli (DAEC) pathogenesis have taken place. The typical class of DAEC includes …

▪ Abstract The closely related bacterial pathogens Neisseria gonorrhoeae (gonococci, GC)
and N. meningitidis (meningococci, MC) initiate infection at human mucosal epithelia …

The human species is the only natural host of Neisseria meningitidis, an important cause of
bacterial meningitis globally, and, despite its association with devastating diseases, N …

Humans have been increasingly recognized as being superorganisms, living in close
contact with a microbiota on all their mucosal surfaces. However, most studies on the human …

Life-threatening bacterial infections in women after childbirth, known as puerperal sepsis,
resulted in classical epidemics and remain a global health problem. While outbreaks of …

Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are globally important pathogens, which
in part owe their success to their ability to successfully evade human immune responses …

The type I membrane protein receptor carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion
molecule 1 (CEACAM1) distinctively exhibits significant alternative splicing that allows for …