A survey of primary care docs reveals significant gaps in their knowledge of serogroup B meningococcal vaccines.
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Aye AM, Bai X, Borrow R, et al. Meningococcal disease surveillance in the Asia-Pacific region (2020): the Global Meningococcal Initiative. J Infect 2020 (published online Jul 27)
Chen M, Chen C, Yang Q, et al. Candida meningitis in neurosurgical patients: a single-institute study of 9 cases over 7 years. Epidemiol Infect 2020 (published online May 22)
Davis K, Pinto MV, Andrews NJ, et al. Immunogenicity of the UK group B meningococcal vaccine (4CMenB) schedule against groups B and C meningococcal strains (Sched3): outcomes of a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis 2021 (published online Jan 8)
Dhingra MS, Namazova-Baranova L, Arredondo-Garcia LA, et al. Immunogenicity and safety of a quadrivalent meningococcal tetanus toxoid-conjugate vaccine (MenACYW-TT) administered concomitantly with other paediatric vaccines in toddlers: a phase III randomized study. Epidemiol Infect 2021 (published online Apr 5)
Duffy J, Marquez P, Dores GM, et al. Safety surveillance of bivalent meningococcal group B vaccine, Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, 2014-2018. Open Forum Infect Dis 2020 (published online Oct 27)
Green MS, Schwartz N, Peer V. A meta-analytic evaluation of sex differences in meningococcal disease incidence rates in ten countries. Epidemiol Infect 2020 (published online Oct 2)
He F, Yang HM, Li GM, et al. Neisseria meningitidis carriage and risk factors among teenagers in Suizhou city in China. Epidemiol Infect 2020 (published online Sep 14)
Horvath-Puho E, van Kassel MN, Goncalves BP, et al. Mortality, neurodevelopmental impairments, and economic outcomes after invasive group B streptococcal disease in early infancy in Denmark and the Netherlands: a national matched cohort study. Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2021 (published online Apr 21)
Krone M, Lam TT, Claus H, et al. Recurrent invasive meningococcal infections—quantifying the risk, Germany, 2002 to 2018. Euro Surveill 2020 Jun;25(25)
La EM, Garbinsky D, Hunter S, et al. Meningococcal B vaccination coverage among older adolescents in the United States. Vaccine 2021 (published online Apr 10)
Ladhani SN, Campbell H, Andrews N, et al. First real world evidence of meningococcal group B vaccine, 4CMenB, protection against meningococcal group W disease; prospective enhanced national surveillance, England. Clin Infect Dis (published online Aug 26)
Mazamay S, Broutin J, Dompangue D, et al. The environmental drivers of bacterial meningitis epidemics in the Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2020 (published online Oct 7)
Mbaeyi S, Pondo T, Blain A, et al. Incidence of meningococcal disease before and after implementation of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine in the United States. JAMA Pediatr 2020 (published online Jul 20)
Mbaeyi S, Sampo E, Dinanibe K, et al. Meningococcal carriage 7 years after introduction of a serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine in Burkina Faso: results from four cross-sectional carriage surveys. Lancet Infect Dis 2020 (published online Jul 9)
Mbaeyi SA, Bozio CH, Duffy J, et al. Meningococcal vaccination: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, United States, 2020. MMWR 2020 Sep 25;69(9):1-41
McMillan M, Chandrakumar A, Wang HL, et al. Effectiveness of meningococcal vaccines at reducing invasive meningococcal disease and pharyngeal Neisseria meningitidis carriage: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis 2020 (published online Nov 19)
McMillan M, Walters L, Sullivan T, et al. Impact of meningococcal B (4CMenB) vaccine on pharyngeal Neisseria meningitidis carriage density and persistence in adolescents. Clin Infect Dis (published online May 24)
McMillan M, Wang B, Koehler AP, et al. Impact of meningococcal B vaccine on invasive meningococcal disease in adolescents. Clin Infect Dis 2021 (published online Feb 15)
Mustapha MM, Marsh JW, Shutt KA, et al. Transmission dynamics and microevolution of Neisseria meningitidis during carriage and invasive disease in high school students, Georgia and Maryland, USA, 2006-2007. J Infect Dis 2020 (published online Oct 27)
Myers TR, McNeil MM, Ng CS, et al. Adverse events following quadrivalent meningococcal diphtheria toxoid conjugate vaccine (Menactra) reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), 2005–2016. Vaccine 2020 (published online Jul 31)
