Meningococcal Disease

Meningococcal Disease – NFID

Genomic epidemiology of age-associated meningococcal lineages ...

Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is a worldwide health issue that is potentially preventable with vaccination. In view of its sporadic ...

Introduction to Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) Investigation ...

• Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD). • Background on Meningitis and IMD. • National and State Trends of IMD. • Symptoms. • Transmission.

Help protect against meningococcal disease - Pfizer Australia

Bacterial meningitis includes meningococcal, which can manifest as meningitis or septicaemia (blood poisoning). Meningococcal disease is an ...

Meningitus Immunization Recommendation Expanded to All Young ...

“NFID supports ACIP's decision to broaden the age cohorts recommended for meningococcal immunization and believes these recommendations will help drastically ...

Appendix 1: Case Definitions and Disease - Ontario.ca

National Advisory Committee on Immunization, Public Health Agency of. Canada. Part 4- Active Vaccines: Meningococcal Vaccine. 2015 [cited March. 8, 2018]. In: ...

Meningitis Resources | Immunize Nevada

Vaccination with at least one dose of a quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MenACWY) on or after age 16 years will satisfy this requirement. Clinic ...

Meningococcal serogroups and surveillance - Journal of Global Health

Meningococcal disease continues to be a global public health concern due to its epidemic potential, severity, and sequelae. The global epidemiological data on ...

Meningococcal Disease Prevention - Maine.gov

National Meningitis Association. https://www.nmaus.org/disease-prevention-information/statistics-and-disease-facts/. Maine Center for Disease ...

2023 News | University of Maryland School of Medicine

SAGE recommended that all countries in the African meningitis belt introduce the novel pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine targeting ...

Meningococcal Disease Public Service Announcement - TechNet-21

NFID animated public service announcement on the two types of vaccines available to prevent meningococcal disease among adolescents and young adults.

Global epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease

Neisseria meningitidis is one of the leading causes of bacterial meningitis globally and can also cause sepsis, pneumonia, ...

Epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease worldwide from ...

Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) is caused by Neisseria meningitidis, a Gram-negative diplococcus human pathogen that colonises the upper ...

Vulnerability to Meningococcal Disease in Immunodeficiency Due to ...

The bacterium is often harmless but, in rare cases, can cause life-threatening meningitis and sepsis. There is solid evidence for the role of ...

Leading by Example - National Meningitis Association

The National Meningitis Association has joined the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) in their 2012 Leading by Example ...

Meningococcal — The Emily Stillman Foundation

Meningococcal disease, a form of bacterial meningitis, is a very serious infection of the brain and spinal cord. It can kill in a matter of hours.

Optimizing Protection Against Meningococcal Disease - Sage Journals

Neisseria meningitidis is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis and septicemia in the United States. Vaccines directed against meningococcal disease must ...

A Guide on Meningococcal Disease and Medical Misinformation

Meningococcal disease is caused by a bacteria which can cause meningitis, a brain and spinal cord infection with serious health complications, ...

CDC Issues New Guidelines for Meningococcal Vaccination

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new meningococcal immunization recommendations call for vaccination of all adolescents 11 ...

5 Things You May Not Know About Meningitis - NFID

According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), college freshmen are seven times more likely to get meningitis than other college ...

Meningococcal carriage in high-risk settings: A systematic review

As such, preventative vaccination programmes have been introduced in these settings (National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID),. 2017; Yezli et al., ...