The human bacterial pathogen Neisseria meningitidis remains a serious worldwide health threat, but progress is being made toward the control of meningococcal infections. This review, published in Clinical Epidemiology, summarizes current knowledge …

Given the availability of conjugate vaccines against meningococcal disease there is now the potential to effectively control meningococcal disease globally. The authors of this article, published in Vaccine, discuss how optimal control of …

This article, published in Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, discusses the different serotypes of meningococcus that cause disease in Africa, including group-A meningococci, which cause meningococcal epidemics in the African Meningitis …

The authors of this article, published in Epidemiology and Infection, performed a literature search to trace existing information on meningococcal disease in Asia. They found that the reviewed data describing the epidemiology of …

This paper, published in International Journal of Infectious Diseases, reviews the epidemiological data describing meningococcal disease in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The authors found that, while meningococcal disease remains …

This fact sheet provides an overview of meningococcal meningitis, including information about the features and epidemiology of the disease. Details about prevention, treatment, and vaccination, as well as the African Meningitis Belt are also …

This article, published in Nature Reviews Microbiology, provides an overview of meningococcal meningitis. Topics include meningococcal global disease burden, tools and interventions to combat the disease, and partnerships focused on alleviating …

This article, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, reviews the global use of serogroup C meningococcal polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines with particular reference to the range of immunization strategies used internationally. ABSTRACT …

This article, published in Expert Review of Vaccines, summarizes the existing data on Neisseria meningitidis W135 epidemiology, immunology, and vaccines as they relate to meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa. Public health approaches to meningitis …

This article, published in the Journal of Preventative Medicine and Hygiene, provides an overview of available meningococcal vaccines and how they have evolved as well as existing gaps in the meningococcal vaccine landscape. ABSTRACT ONLY. (Learn …

This article, published in Expert Review of Vaccines, reviews the herd immunity effects achieved following the introduction of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate (MCC) vaccines in the United Kingdom. The authors note that immunizing …

This article, published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record, summarizes essential background information on meningococcal meningitis and vaccines against the disease. It also includes the current World Health Organization (WHO) position …

This fact sheet provides information on meningococcal vaccines, including who should get the vaccine, vaccine-associated risks, and where you can learn more about meningococcal disease and vaccines.

This article, published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record, summarizes the World Health Organization's recommendations on meningococcal vaccines. It incorporates the most recent developments in the field of meningococcal vaccines, including …

The authors of this article, published in Epidemiology and Infection, analyzed cerebrospinal fluid samples during the 2009 meningitis season in Niger, the largest epidemic observed in Niger since those of  to 1996 …

The authors of this article, published in Epidemiology and Infection, used deterministic compartmental models to investigate how well simple model structures with seasonal forcing were able to qualitatively capture patterns of meningococcal …

This article, published in the journal Vaccine, reviews the data of meningococcal strains recovered from outbreaks and epidemics in the African meningitis belt, which can provides important insights on the biology and epidemiology of this pathogen. …

In Niger, the introduction campaign of MenAfriVac™, a new conjugate vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A, was conducted in the District of Filingue, during September 2010. The authors of this article, published in …

This web page provides information about work being done to improve immunization monitoring and surveillance data in order to provide decision-makers with critical information both before vaccine introduction, as related to the existing disease …

This web page on the Vaccine Resource Library provides links to PATH's work on meningococcus, as well as general information about the disease and the current vaccine landscape.

This article, published in The Journal of Medical Microbiology, reviews currently available information about the meningococcal carriage state and identifies where gaps exist in the body of knowledge. The authors conclude that studies of the …

This website aims to provide an electronic resource for all individuals interested in research and clinical aspects of the Neisseria, including Neisseria meningitidis. It includes information for scientists and clinicians on diagnosis and …

This article, featured in Science in Africa, outlines the burden of meningoccoal disease in Africa and discusses various projects to develop a new meningococcal vaccine for Africa that can provide long-term protection across all age groups and that …

This article, published in Vaccine, reviews the state of the current evidence on conjugate vaccines and identifies important areas for further study, in order to inform the debate regarding the best use of these vaccines, which not only prevent …

This article, published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, analyzes data for 2002 to 2008 from the Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis (PBM) Surveillance Network, which collects information on laboratory-confirmed bacterial meningitis cases among …