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Establishment of the european meningococcal strain collection genome library (emsc-gl) for the 2011 to 2012 epidemiological year
(European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), 2018-05-17)
Invasive meningococcal disease surveillance in Europe combines isolate characterisation and epidemiological data to support public health intervention. A representative European Meningococcal Strain Collection (EMSC) of ...
Hereditary deficiency of the seventh component of complement and recurrent meningococcal infection: investigations of an irish family using a novel haemolytic screening assay for complement activity and c7 m/n allotyping
(Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1994-10-01)
Terminal complement component deficiency predisposes to meningococcal infection and is inherited in an autosomal co-dominant manner. An Irish family is described, in which 2 of 3 brothers had recurrent meningococcal ...
Resolution of a protracted serogroup b meningococcal outbreak with whole-genome sequencing shows interspecies genetic transfer
(American Society for Microbiology, 2016-09-14)
A carriage study was undertaken (n = 112) to ascertain the prevalence of Neisseria spp. following the eighth case of invasive meningococcal disease in young children (5 to 46 months) and members of a large extended indigenous ...