Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B
"Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Strains of Neisseria meningitidis which are the most common ones causing infections or disease in infants. Serogroup B strains are isolated most frequently in sporadic cases, and are less common in outbreaks and epidemics.
| Descriptor ID |
D038541
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.400.425.550.550.641.710 B03.660.075.525.520.500.710
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup B" by people in Profiles.
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Genomic resolution of an aggressive, widespread, diverse and expanding meningococcal serogroup B, C and W lineage. J Infect. 2015 Nov; 71(5):544-52.
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Population snapshot of invasive serogroup B meningococci in South Africa from 2005 to 2008. J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Aug; 50(8):2577-84.
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Distribution of factor H binding protein beyond serogroup B: variation among five serogroups of invasive Neisseria meningitidis in South Africa. Vaccine. 2011 Mar 03; 29(11):2187-92.
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Sequence diversity of the factor H binding protein vaccine candidate in epidemiologically relevant strains of serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis. J Infect Dis. 2009 Aug 01; 200(3):379-89.