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Neisseria meningitidis

 
 
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Disease relevance of Neisseria meningitidis

 

High impact information on Neisseria meningitidis

  • Clinical efficacy of meningococcus group A capsular polysaccharide vaccine in children three months to five years of age [5].
  • The cases, mainly in teenagers and young adults, were clustered in the Stroud district and in the southern part of Gloucester City, and most were caused by a sulphonamide-resistant group B type 15 meningococcus [6].
  • A highly significant association was found between the Km(1) allotype and the immune responses (difference between post-immunisation and pre-immunisation antibody levels) to H. influenzae and meningococcus C polysaccharides in the White children [7].
  • Here we describe a monoclonal antibody raised against the capsular polysaccharides of meningococcus group B (Men B) which specifically distinguishes embryonic N-CAM from adult N-CAM [8].
  • We tested C4bp binding to wild-type group B meningococcus strain (H44/76) and to 11 isogenic mutants thereof that differed in capsule expression, lipo-oligosaccharide sialylation, and/or expression of either porin (Por) A or PorB3 [9].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Neisseria meningitidis

 

Biological context of Neisseria meningitidis

 

Gene context of Neisseria meningitidis

  • However, postimmunization sera induced significant bactericidal activity against group B meningococcus when combined with rabbit complement [17].
  • XcbA exhibited 52% amino acid similarity to SacB, the putative capsule polymerase of meningococcus serogroup A, suggesting that it plays a role as the serogroup X capsule polymerase [18].
  • The expression of a fully acylated, unglycosylated lipid A indicates that lipid A biosynthesis in N. meningitidis can proceed without the addition of Kdo and that KdtA is not essential for survival of the meningococcus [19].
  • To examine the protective efficacy of specific immune sera generated by meningococcal vaccine candidates against nasopharyngeal colonization, we developed an infant rat nasal colonization model for group B meningococcus [20].
  • A monoclonal antibody against Meningococcus group B polysaccharides used to immunocapture and quantify polysialylated NCAM in tissues and biological fluids [21].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Neisseria meningitidis

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