Meningococcal Factor H–Binding Protein Variants Expressed by Epidemic Capsular Group A, W‐135, and X Strains from Africa
Open Access
- 1 May 2009
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 199 (9) , 1360-1368
- https://doi.org/10.1086/597806
Abstract
BackgroundMeningococcal epidemics in Africa are generally caused by capsular group A strains, but W-135 or X strains also cause epidemics in this regKeywords
This publication has 49 references indexed in Scilit:
- Fine Antigenic Specificity and Cooperative Bactericidal Activity of Monoclonal Antibodies Directed at the Meningococcal Vaccine Candidate Factor H-Binding ProteinInfection and Immunity, 2008
- Prevalence of Factor H–Binding Protein Variants and NadA among Meningococcal Group B Isolates from the United States: Implications for the Development of a Multicomponent Group B VaccineThe Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2007
- Proteomic Analysis of Outer Membranes and Vesicles from Wild-Type Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis and a Lipopolysaccharide-Deficient MutantInfection and Immunity, 2007
- Improved immunogenicity of a H44/76 group B outer membrane vesicle vaccine with over-expressed genome-derived Neisserial antigen 1870Vaccine, 2007
- The concept of ?tailor-made?, protein-based, outer membrane vesicle vaccines against meningococcal diseaseVaccine, 2005
- Protective Activity of Monoclonal Antibodies to Genome-Derived Neisserial Antigen 1870, a Neisseria meningitidis Candidate VaccineThe Journal of Immunology, 2004
- Vaccine Potential of theNeisseria meningitidis2086 LipoproteinInfection and Immunity, 2004
- Meningococcal conjugate vaccine for Africa: a model for development of new vaccines for the poorest countriesThe Lancet, 2003
- Clonal Groupings in Serogroup XNeisseria meningitidisEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2002
- Evaluation of meningococcal meningitis vaccination strategies for the meningitis belt in AfricaThe Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1999