"Neisseria meningitidis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of gram-negative, aerobic BACTERIA. It is a commensal and pathogen only of humans, and can be carried asymptomatically in the NASOPHARYNX. When found in cerebrospinal fluid it is the causative agent of cerebrospinal meningitis (MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL). It is also found in venereal discharges and blood. There are at least 13 serogroups based on antigenic differences in the capsular polysaccharides; the ones causing most meningitis infections being A, B, C, Y, and W-135. Each serogroup can be further classified by serotype, serosubtype, and immunotype.
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D009345
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.400.425.550.550.641 B03.660.075.525.520.500
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neisseria meningitidis" by people in Profiles.
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Tavakoli H, Hirth E, Luo M, Sharma Timilsina S, Dou M, Dominguez DC, Li X. A microfluidic fully paper-based analytical device integrated with loop-mediated isothermal amplification and nano-biosensors for rapid, sensitive, and specific quantitative detection of infectious diseases. Lab Chip. 2022 11 22; 22(23):4693-4704.
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Sheikhi Moghaddam L, Adegbite A, McCarthy PC. Investigation of bioluminescence-based assays for determination of kinetic parameters for the bifunctional Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W capsule polymerase. BMC Res Notes. 2021 Nov 18; 14(1):417.
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Sharyan A, Gonzalez C, Ukaegbu O, Powell K, McCarthy PC. Determination of the binding affinities of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W capsule polymerase with two nucleotide sugar substrates. BMC Res Notes. 2018 Jul 16; 11(1):482.
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Ghimire S, McCarthy PC. Capture of Pb2+ and Cu2+ Metal Cations by Neisseria meningitidis-type Capsular Polysaccharides. Biomolecules. 2018 05 05; 8(2).
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Dou M, Sanjay ST, Dominguez DC, Zhan S, Li X. A paper/polymer hybrid CD-like microfluidic SpinChip integrated with DNA-functionalized graphene oxide nanosensors for multiplex qLAMP detection. Chem Commun (Camb). 2017 Oct 03; 53(79):10886-10889.
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Dou M, Sanjay ST, Dominguez DC, Liu P, Xu F, Li X. Multiplexed instrument-free meningitis diagnosis on a polymer/paper hybrid microfluidic biochip. Biosens Bioelectron. 2017 Jan 15; 87:865-873.
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Dou M, Dominguez DC, Li X, Sanchez J, Scott G. A versatile PDMS/paper hybrid microfluidic platform for sensitive infectious disease diagnosis. Anal Chem. 2014 Aug 05; 86(15):7978-86.
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Muindi KM, McCarthy PC, Wang T, Vionnet J, Battistel M, Jankowska E, Vann WF. Characterization of the meningococcal serogroup X capsule N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase. Glycobiology. 2014 Feb; 24(2):139-49.
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McCarthy PC, Saksena R, Peterson DC, Lee CH, An Y, Cipollo JF, Vann WF. Chemoenzymatic synthesis of immunogenic meningococcal group C polysialic acid-tetanus Hc fragment glycoconjugates. Glycoconj J. 2013 Dec; 30(9):857-70.
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Katz AR, Chasnoff R, Komeya A, Lee MV. Neisseria meningitidis urethritis: a case report highlighting clinical similarities to and epidemiological differences from gonococcal urethritis. Sex Transm Dis. 2011 May; 38(5):439-41.