Journal
VACCINE
Volume 27, Issue -, Pages B71-B77Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2009.04.070
Keywords
Neisseria meningitidis; Pathogenesis; Meningitis
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- GlaxoSmithKline
- National Institutes of Health
- Georgia Research Alliance
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For at least two hundred years, Neisseria meningitidis (the meningococcus), the cause of epidemic meningitis and sepsis, has inflicted rapid death, disability and fear on disparate human populations. The meningococcus is also recognized as a highly successful commensal organism exclusively found in humans. The evolution of N. meningitidis as an exclusive human commensal and sometimes a fulminant and fatal pathogen represents an important case study in microbial pathogenesis. We review the general status of our knowledge of pathogenesis of meningococcal carriage, transmission and virulence behavior with particular emphasis on the relevance of research on this topic to vaccine development. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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