A Review of Research of Vaccine against Meningococcal Disease
Background: Meningococcal disease as a worldwide health problem causes approximately 1.2 million cases of bacterial meningitis, annually. Neisseria meningitidis a major cause of bacterial meningitis and serious diseases such as sepsis and bacteremia is fatal, and despite antibiotic treat...
Main Authors: | Parviz Afrough, Ava Behrouzi, Marjan Alimohammadi, Seyed Davar Siadat |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2018-10-01
|
Series: | Journal of Medical Bacteriology |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://jmb.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jmb/article/view/365 |
Similar Items
-
Meningococcal vaccines: past, present, and future perspectives
by: Seyed Davar Siadat and Dariush Norouzian
Published: (2007-10-01) -
Recommendations for the use of meningococcal vaccines in South Africa
by: Susan Meiring, et al.
Published: (2017-10-01) -
Invasive meningococcal disease in the university of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
by: Raja N, et al.
Published: (2006-01-01) -
Meningococcal septicaemia reported in an immunocompetent adult: A Case Report
by: S. Puthra, et al.
Published: (2020-10-01) -
Meningococcal meningitis: clinical and laboratorial characteristics, fatality rate and variables associated with in-hospital mortality
by: Vanessa L. Strelow, et al.