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- Meningitis - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO fact sheet on meningitis provides key facts and information on transmission, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, outbreaks trends and public health response
- Meningococcal Meningitis - World Health Organization (WHO)
Meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia are caused by various serogroups of Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) which is an aerobic Gram-negative encapsulated bacteria
- Meningitis - World Health Organization (WHO)
Meningitis is a serious infection of the meninges, the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord It is a devastating disease and remains a major public health challenge The disease can be caused by many different pathogens including bacteria, fungi or viruses, but the highest global burden is seen with bacterial meningitis There are four main causes of acute bacterial meningitis
- Preventing and controlling meningitis outbreaks
Prevention of meningococcal cases and outbreaks, through vaccination, is the best control strategy Licensed vaccines against meningococcal disease have been available for more than 50 years Vaccines are serogroup specific and the protection they confer is of varying duration, dependent on which type is used While there have been major improvements in strain coverage and vaccine availability
- Meningitis WPRO - World Health Organization (WHO)
Several different bacteria can cause meningitis Meningococcal meningitis is of particular importance due to its potential to cause large epidemics Bacteria are transmitted from person-to-person through droplets of respiratory or throat secretions from carriers
- Invasive meningococcal disease - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Invasive meningococcal disease is a life-threatening bacterial infection caused by Neisseria meningitidis, associated with severe long-term complications and a high case fatality rate, despite prompt and appropriate treatment
- Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
The Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals department is responsible for targeting vaccine-preventable diseases, guiding immunization research and establishing immunization policy
- Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
Meningococcal vaccines Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccines are safe and effective in children and adults but weakly immunogenic in infants, do not induce a booster response, do not provide herd protection and can induce immunologic hypo responsiveness upon repeated vaccination
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