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Controlling Meningococcal Disease with Innovative Vaccines

In COVID-19, Latest News by Precision Vaccinations

The human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis has been feared worldwide for more than 215 years and has caused epidemics, pandemics, and sporadic cases of meningitis, fatal sepsis, and, less commonly, pneumonia, wrote David S. Stephens, M.D. in an Editorial published by the New England Journal of Medicine.
Although disease rates have decreased in many regions partly due to the introduction of highly effective vaccines, Neisseria meningitidis case fatality remains high at 10 to 20%.