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4CMenB Immunization Induces Serum Bactericidal Antibodies Against Non-Serogroup B Meningococcal Strains in Adolescents

scientific article published on 13 November 2020

A dual role of extracellular DNA during biofilm formation of Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on 17 February 2010

A homopolymeric adenosine tract in the promoter region of nspA influences factor H-mediated serum resistance in Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on 25 February 2019

Amino acid 310 determines the donor substrate specificity of serogroup W-135 and Y capsule polymerases of Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article

Ampicillin resistance of invasive Haemophilus influenzae isolates in Germany 2009-2012.

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Antigenic potential of a highly conserved Neisseria meningitidis lipopolysaccharide inner core structure defined by chemical synthesis

scientific article published on 15 January 2015

Asymptomatic carriage of Neisseria meningitidis, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Group A Streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus among adults aged 65 years and older

scientific article published on 08 February 2019

Bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient caused by a commensal Neisseria meningitidis strain harboring the capsule null locus (cnl).

scientific article published on July 2004

Bacterial genomics: seven years on

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Biochemical and biophysical characterization of the sialyl-/hexosyltransferase synthesizing the meningococcal serogroup W135 heteropolysaccharide capsule

scientific article published on 25 February 2013

Biochemical characterization of a Neisseria meningitidis polysialyltransferase reveals novel functional motifs in bacterial sialyltransferases

scientific article published on 27 July 2007

Biochemical characterization of the polysialic acid-specific O-acetyltransferase NeuO of Escherichia coli K1.

scientific article published on 22 May 2007

Capsule null locus meningococci: Typing of antigens used in an investigational multicomponent meningococcus serogroup B vaccine

scientific article published on 19 November 2011

Carbohydrate composition of meningococcal lipopolysaccharide modulates the interaction of Neisseria meningitidis with human dendritic cells

scientific article published in September 2005

Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiati

scientific article published in 2021

Comparative genome biology of a serogroup B carriage and disease strain supports a polygenic nature of meningococcal virulence

scientific article published on 13 August 2010

Comparative proteomic analysis of biofilm and planktonic cells of Neisseria meningitidis.

scientific article published on 17 November 2010

Corynebacterium species nasopharyngeal carriage in asymptomatic individuals aged ≥ 65 years in Germany

scientific article published on 20 April 2017

DNA sequence-based tandem repeat analysis of the clfB gene is less discriminatory than spa typing for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published in March 2005

Deletion of the meningococcal fetA gene used for antigen sequence typing of invasive and commensal isolates from Germany: frequencies and mechanisms

scientific article

Description and nomenclature of Neisseria meningitidis capsule locus

scientific article published on April 2013

Discriminative potential of the VITEK® MS IVD regarding Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus haemolyticus

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

Establishment of the European meningococcal strain collection genome library (EMSC-GL) for the 2011 to 2012 epidemiological year

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Evaluation of custom-made DNA microarrays for multilocus sequence typing of Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on 01 April 2005

Evidence for indirect nosocomial transmission of Neisseria meningitidis resulting in two cases of invasive meningococcal disease

scientific article

Evolution of bacteriophages infecting encapsulated bacteria: lessons from Escherichia coli K1-specific phages.

scientific article

Evolutionary Events Associated with an Outbreak of Meningococcal Disease in Men Who Have Sex with Men.

scientific article

Faecal carriage of CTX-M extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae among street children dwelling in Mwanza city, Tanzania

scientific article published on 12 September 2017

First survey of metallo-beta-lactamases in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a German university hospital

scientific article published on 24 May 2010

Functional expression of the capsule polymerase of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup X: a new perspective for vaccine development

scientific article published on 20 November 2013

Genetic Analysis of Meningococci Carried by Children and Young Adults

article

Genetic lineages and their traits in Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published in September 2004

Genetic mechanisms for loss of encapsulation in polysialyltransferase-gene-positive meningococci isolated from healthy carriers

article

Genetics of capsule O-acetylation in serogroup C, W-135 and Y meningococci.

scientific article

Geographically widespread invasive meningococcal disease caused by a ciprofloxacin resistant non-groupable strain of the ST-175 clonal complex

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

Identification of the hypervirulent lineages of Neisseria meningitidis, the ST-8 and ST-11 complexes, by using monoclonal antibodies specific to NmeDI.

scientific article published on August 2003

Implications of differential age distribution of disease-associated meningococcal lineages for vaccine development

scientific article

Interlaboratory standardization of the sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay designed for MATS, a rapid, reproducible method for estimating the strain coverage of investigational vaccines

scientific article

Ion torrent personal genome machine sequencing for genomic typing of Neisseria meningitidis for rapid determination of multiple layers of typing information

scientific article

Living in a changing environment: insights into host adaptation in Neisseria meningitidis from comparative genomics

scientific article published on 14 June 2007

Many carried meningococci lack the genes required for capsule synthesis and transport

scientific article published in June 2002

Meningococcal biofilm formation: structure, development and phenotypes in a standardized continuous flow system

article

Microarray analyses of meningococcal genome composition and gene regulation: a review of the recent literature

scientific article published on 9 November 2006

Molecular analysis of bacteria in periodontitis: evaluation of clone libraries, novel phylotypes and putative pathogens

scientific article

Molecular discrimination between Neisseria meningitidis serogroups W-135 and Y based on the nucleotide recognition domain sequence of the capsule polymerases

scientific article published on 14 July 2010

Molecular epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article

Molecular epidemiology of imipenem resistance in invasive Haemophilus influenzae infections in Germany in 2016

scientific article published on 25 May 2020

Multicenter study for defining the breakpoint for rifampin resistance in Neisseria meningitidis by rpoB sequencing

scientific article

Multicomponent meningococcal serogroup B vaccination elicits cross-reactive immunity in infants against genetically diverse serogroup C, W and Y invasive disease isolates

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

Multidrug-resistant Achromobacter animicus causing wound infection in a street child in Mwanza, Tanzania

scientific article published on 10 February 2017

New diagnostic PCR for Haemophilus influenzae serotype e based on the cap locus of strain ATCC 8142 ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 2011

O-Acetylation status of the capsular polysaccharides of serogroup Y and W135 meningococci isolated in the UK

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

O-acetyltransferase gene neuO is segregated according to phylogenetic background and contributes to environmental desiccation resistance in Escherichia coli K1.

scientific article published on 4 August 2009

Opc Expression, LPS Immunotype Switch and Pilin Conversion Contribute to Serum Resistance of Unencapsulated Meningococci ⬇️

scientific article published on September 20, 2012

Polar invasion and translocation of Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus suis in a novel human model of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier ⬇️

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Predicted strain coverage of a meningococcal multicomponent vaccine (4CMenB) in Europe: a qualitative and quantitative assessment

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Predicting the Susceptibility of Meningococcal Serogroup B Isolates to Bactericidal Antibodies Elicited by Bivalent rLP2086, a Novel Prophylactic Vaccine

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Recurrent invasive meningococcal infections - quantifying the risk, Germany, 2002 to 2018

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Role of penA polymorphisms for penicillin susceptibility in Neisseria lactamica and Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Sequence analysis of serotype-specific synthesis regions II of Haemophilus influenzae serotypes c and d: evidence for common ancestry of capsule synthesis in Pasteurellaceae and Neisseria meningitidis ⬇️

scientific article published on April 7, 2011

Spatiotemporal analysis of invasive meningococcal disease, Germany

scientific article

Susceptibility of invasive Neisseria meningitidis strains isolated in Germany to azithromycin, an alternative agent for post-exposure prophylaxis

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

The Zinc-Responsive Regulon of Neisseria meningitidis Comprises 17 Genes under Control of a Zur Element ⬇️

scientific article published on October 5, 2012

The capsule polymerase CslB of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup L catalyzes the synthesis of a complex trimeric repeating unit comprising glycosidic and phosphodiester linkages

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

The polysialic acid-specific O-acetyltransferase OatC from Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C evolved apart from other bacterial sialate O-acetyltransferases

scientific article published on 5 November 2008

The role of patients and healthcare workers Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in occurrence of surgical site infection among patients admitted in two centers in Tanzania

scientific article published on 17 June 2019

The use of vaccine antigen characterization, for example by MATS, to guide the introduction of meningococcus B vaccines.

scientific article published on May 2012

Three cases of invasive meningococcal disease caused by a capsule null locus strain circulating among healthy carriers in Burkina Faso

scientific article published on 16 February 2007

Vaccine development against Neisseria meningitidis ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Virulence evolution of the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis by recombination in the core and accessory genome

scientific article

Whole-genome comparison of disease and carriage strains provides insights into virulence evolution in Neisseria meningitidis

scholarly article

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