The vaccine effectiveness of 4CMenB in fully immunized children was 95% using the screening method and 92% using the case-control method.
The warning comes in the wake of fungal meningitis outbreak among US residents who traveled to Mexico for cosmetic surgery.
The mosquitoes that tested positive were from the same woodland area in Sarasota County, where infections were confirmed in four people.
A single-center study in Canada finds a low incidence of bacterial infections in infants with viral infections, including SARS-CoV-2.
FDA scientists say that a monovalent XBB lineage COVID vaccine is warranted for a fall vaccine campaign.
Fourteen suspected and 11 probable US meningitis cases have been reported in an outbreak tied to cosmetic surgery in clinics in Matamoros, Mexico.
Mexican health officials have identified Fusarium solani, a common soil fungus, in cerebrospinal fluid samples from five American women.
The number of suspected or probable fungal meningitis infections tied to contaminated spinal anesthesia products from Mexico has risen to 18 in the US.
A 5-valent vaccine would target more strains of the bacteria and could be another tool in the arsenal to reduce disease burden in Africa.
A lower proportion of infants with COVID-19 had co-occurring UTIs, bacteremia without meningitis, and bacterial meningitis.
