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	Meningococci, meningococcus bacteria, meningococcal septicaemia & meningitis vaccine, vaccination.
		Meningococci, meningococcus bacteria, meningococcal septicaemia and meningitis vaccine, vaccination.
		Meningococci, meningococcus, Neisseria meningitidis bacteria, meningococcal septicaemia, bacteraemia and meningitis, meningococcal diseases.
		The major epidemics of meningitis are due mainly to meningococcus of serogroups A and preferentially strike the African countries situated between Senegal in the west, and Ethiopia and the Sudan in the east; this region is consequently known as the “African meningitis belt”.
	www.meningitis-vaccine.com (1292 words)

	Meningitis, Encephalitis, and Sepsis
		Meningococcus is a bacteria often carried in the nose and throat without symptoms.
		The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommend that all children be vaccinated with the new meningococcus vaccine at age 11 or 12, and (as they have in the past) that all students entering college be vaccinated against groups A, C, Y, and W-135.
		Pneumococci are even more common than meningococcus; in fact pneumococci are the most common cause of ear infections and sinus infections, as well as the most common bacteria found in the blood of children under 2 years old with fevers, many of whom have no obvious site of infection.
	www.drreddy.com /shots/meningitis.html (1749 words)

	Meningococcus Vaccine \| Vaccine Education Center - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
		Meningococcus usually causes meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain) or sepsis (an infection of the bloodstream).
		Meningococcus is similar to the pneumococcus and to Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) in that protection against disease occurs when one develops antibodies to the sugar (or polysaccharide) that coats the bacterium.
		If the bacterium was meningococcus, find out from public health officials whether it really was an outbreak of meningococcus and whether the outbreak was caused by one of the types contained in the vaccine (specifically, types A, C, Y or W-135).
	www.chop.edu /consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=75734 (1170 words)

	Neisseria meningitidis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Neisseria meningitidis, also simply known as meningococcus is a gram-negative bacterium best known for its role in meningitis.
		UK policy is that any General Practitioner doctor seeing a suspected case of meningococcus meningitis or septicaemia should give intravenous antibiotics (benzylpenicillin) whilst hospital admission is sought.
		It is a requirement of Saudi Arabia that all those intending to go on Hajj have a certificate of Men W135 vaccination.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Neisseria_meningitidis (559 words)

	Meningococcus
		Neisseria menigitidis, or meningococcus, is a bacteria often carried in the nose and throat without symptoms.
		Much of the damage from meningococcal sepsis comes from blood clotting in the wrong places and blocking blood flow to large parts of the body: many patients with meningococcal sepsis lose fingers or toes, and sometimes hands, feet, or larger parts of their arms or legs, because of clots blocking blood flow to those areas.
		However we have seen strains of meningococcus in recent years that are resistant to penicillin G; these must be treated with other antibiotics such as the third-generation cephalosporins.
	www.drreddy.com /shots/meningococcus.html (1225 words)

	Meningitis Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		We are particularly interested in understanding the molecular structure of meningococci, the basis of their interaction with human cells and identifying components that have the ability to induce a protective immune response.
		In a minority of people, particularly young children, who lack antibodies to the meningococcus, contact with the bacteria may lead to spread from the throat via the blood to the brain, resulting in the serious effects of meningitis.
		This was the first successful "cloning" of any of the genes of the meningococcus and the critical first step in the possible use of the protein for vaccination.
	www.som.soton.ac.uk /research/molecular/labs/meningitis.htm (735 words)

	Medical Dictionary: Meningococcus C - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Meningococcus C: Type of or association with medical condition Meningococcal disease.
		Meningococcus C: Meningococcus C is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Meningococcal disease
		Meningococcal disease (medical condition): Meningococcal disease is not only meningitis, but actually includes several types of disease, all caused by the Neisseria meningitidis or just "meningococcus" bacteria.
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /medical/meningococcus_c.htm (240 words)

	Medical Dictionary: Meningococcus - WrongDiagnosis.com - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Meningococcus (medical condition): Dangerous bacterial infection causing meningitis or bacteremia.
		Meningococcus (medical condition): Meningococcal disease is not only meningitis, but actually includes several types of disease, all caused by the Neisseria meningitidis or just "meningococcus" bacteria.
		Meningococcus: Meningococcus is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database: Streptococcal Infections, Bacterial diseases, Meningitis, Bacterial meningitis, Blood conditions, Brain conditions, Brain infection
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /medical/meningococcus_printer.htm (384 words)

	Hope For New Meningitis Vaccine
		Published in the journal, Infection and Immunity, the research found that meningococcus is responsible for epidemics of meningitis worldwide that kills thousands of children each year.
		The mutant was made in a C group of the meningococcus.
		Although much work needs to be done, the research holds real promise that a new vaccine may be developed that will protect children against all groups of the meningococcus, both in the UK and around the world.
	innovations-report.com /html/reports/medicine_health/report-24466.html (349 words)

	30 children from Belarus orphanage hospitalized with meningococcus. :: Charter'97 :: News :: 25/07/2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The maximum incubation period of meningococcus is ten days, so doctors won’t announce the end of the outbreak until then.
		All in all, 180 children with mental and physical disorders, who age from 4 to 18, live in the orphanage in the village of Vesnovo.
		There were 118 children in the orphanage at the moment of the meningococcus outbreak.
	www.charter97.org /eng/news/2005/07/25/deti (337 words)

	Medinfo: Meningitis C Vaccination
		Meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia are serious and often fatal conditions, caused by the meningococcus germ.
		It is commonest in infants under one year old and a large number catch it between one and five, but the next highest risk age group is 15 to 19.
		Thus for the UK the logical immunisation to use is that against the C strain of meningococcus.
	www.medinfo.co.uk /immunisations/meningitisc.html (574 words)

	Vaccination against group C meningococcus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Since January 2001, we have seen an increase in cases of group C meningococcus infection; also a new, more effective vaccine that protects longer than the one given during the 1993 campaign is now available.
		During the first six months of 2001, 72 cases of invasive meningococcus infection were reported in Québec; 40 of these cases were of the most virulent type C, which caused the death of 8 young people, all under the age of 20.
		Over the last three years, the number of cases of group C meningococcus infection had not risen beyond 6 per year: 3 in 1998, 6 in 1999, and 5 in 2000.
	www.santepub-mtl.qc.ca /Mi/meningite/meningofaqang.html (1220 words)

	Meningitis C Vaccine--Jayne Donegan, MB
		Other things that make a lesser difference are the strain virulence (nastiness), factors that spread the meningococcus from the throat and nose (eg a ‘flu epidemic’), and overcrowding associated with poverty (1), young military recruits and university halls of residence (2).
		The new vaccines against meningococcus C are ‘killed vaccines’ (the organism in it is dead) and have been developed using the same technology as that used to make the Haemophilus Influenza B (Hib) vaccine.
		A vaccine against meningococcus groups A and C and another one against groups A,C,Yand W135 have been available for years.
	www.whale.to /vaccines/meningitis5.html (2084 words)

	Meningococcal Infection - Patient UK
		Neisseria meningitidis, also known as the meningococcus, is a bacterium (germ).
		A vaccine is not yet available against Group B meningococcus which remains the common type of meningococcal infection in the UK.
		If Group C meningococcus is the cause, then immunisation is also offered to close contacts.
	www.patient.co.uk /showdoc.asp?doc=23069083 (1347 words)

	Kids health info for parents : Meningococcal infection
		Meningococcal infection is caused by a bacteria germ called meningococcus.
		The meningococcus is spread by tiny drops of fluid from the nose and throat through coughing, sneezing and spluttering, sharing eating and drinking utensils.
		Rifampicin is the antibiotic medicine that is most often used to get rid of the meningococcus germ from the throat of contacts.
	www.rch.org.au /kidsinfo/factsheets.cfm?doc_id=3738 (788 words)

	Meningitis
		Neisseria meningitidis (the meningococcus) is an opportunistic bacterium that usually lives harmlessly in our throats but, from time to time (rarely), causes serious disease such as meningitis (inflammation of the linings of the brain) and septicaemia (blood poisoning).
		A number of other bacteria and viruses can cause meningitis, however, the meningococcus is the only bacterium that is capable of causing epidemic outbreaks of meningitis and fatal septicaemia.
		Carriers of the meningococcus are symptomless and will have no way of knowing that they are carriers.
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /meningitis (502 words)

	Meningococcal Meningitis Hot-line
		Worried teens flock to clinics - The mother of a Therapy regular said she hopes this latest meningococcus scare doesn't further tarnish dance clubs' image.
		If they also carry the meningococcus bacteria in their throat or nose, it can land on your food and drink.
		Between November, 1992 and January, 1993, an unusual cluster of meningococcus Group C disease occurred in a small area around Carroll County.
	www.healthwatcher.net /Meningitis/mm-meningitis.html (2201 words)

	Meningococcal Immunisation - Patient UK
		All babies are offered immunisation against the group C meningococcus strain.
		The meningococcus is a bacterium (germ) that can cause meningitis and septicaemia (blood infection).
		However, if your risk of exposure to the meningococcus is high, it may be advisable to be immunised even if you are pregnant.
	www.patient.co.uk /showdoc.asp?doc=23068782 (943 words)

	Vaccine/Vaccination/Immunization Dangers - Meningitis C Vaccine
		The meningococcus (otherwise known as Neisseria meningitidis) is a bacterium that lives up the nose and in the back of the throat of humans.
		They range from A-Z. Those known to cause disease are groups A, B, C, W135 and Y. Once you have ‘carried’ any of the meningococci, you develop protective antibodies to ALL of the groups.
		When I heard about the 14 year old boy who died of group C meningitis I remember wondering how soon beforehand he had had his BCG vaccination (another vaccine with a ‘live’ organism).
	www.nccn.net /~wwithin/meningitisc.htm (3190 words)

	Infectious diseases - meningococcal disease
		that antibiotics reduce throat carriage of the meningococcus.
		Epidemiological study of 383 cases of meningococcus meningitis in the city of Milwaukee, 1927-1928 and 1929.
		Pizzi M. A severe epidemic of meningococcus meningitis in 1941-1942, Chile.
	www.p-e-g.de /Research_News/03102000-7.html (1632 words)

	Infection with an Avirulent phoP Mutant of Neisseria meningitidis Confers Broad Cross-Reactive Immunity -- Newcombe et ...
		that the phoP mutation attenuates virulence in the meningococcus.
		a key regulator of virulence genes in the meningococcus.
		that infection of mice with the phoP mutant meningococcus stimulates
	iai.asm.org /cgi/content/full/72/1/338 (5198 words)

	Meningococcus - 17 september 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		As you know, a Quebec-wide vaccination campaign against meningococcus will begin on 24 September.
		During the week of 10 September, the MSSS sent a letter explaining the campaign to all Quebec physicians.
		The hepatitis B vaccination programme in schools (grade 4) is postponed until next year.
	www.santepub-mtl.qc.ca /Mi/meningite/mopmeningite1709eng.html (215 words)

	Update on Meningococcal Disease with Emphasis on Pathogenesis and Clinical Management -- van Deuren et al. 13 (1): 144 ...
		During carriage and invasion, the expression of pili, class 5 OMPs, capsule, and LOS is highly variable and subject to phase
		In conclusion, growth of the meningococcus in the bloodstream can occur when intravascular killing is impaired, either because
		During growth and lysis of meningococci, endotoxin is released in
	cmr.asm.org /cgi/content/full/13/1/144 (9413 words)

	Vaccine Information about Meningococcus
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		Stories about people who have suffered or died from meningococcus
		Additional information about meningococcus, including links to journal article abstracts and many other resources
	www.vaccineinformation.org /menin/index.asp (41 words)

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