Genetic shifts ofNeisseria meningitidisserogroup B antigens and the quest for a broadly cross-protective vaccine

Impaired Immunogenicity of a Meningococcal Factor H-Binding Protein Vaccine Engineered To Eliminate Factor H Binding

(2010) P. T. Beernink et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Characterization of fHbp, nhba (gna2132), nadA, porA, and Sequence Type in Group B Meningococcal Case Isolates Collected in England and Wales during January 2008 and Potential Coverage of an Investigational Group B Meningococcal Vaccine

(2010) J. Lucidarme et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Genome-wide association study identifies variants in the CFH region associated with host susceptibility to meningococcal disease

(2010) Sonia Davila et al.   NATURE GENETICS

The phasevarion: phase variation of type III DNA methyltransferases controls coordinated switching in multiple genes

(2010) Yogitha N. Srikhanta et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Genome Sequencing Reveals Widespread Virulence Gene Exchange among Human Neisseria Species

(2010) Pradeep Reddy Marri et al.   PLoS One

Neisseria meningitidis GNA2132, a heparin-binding protein that induces protective immunity in humans

(2010) Davide Serruto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sequence conservation of pilus subunits in Neisseria meningitidis

(2010) Ana Cehovin et al.   VACCINE

Measuring antigen-specific bactericidal responses to a multicomponent vaccine against serogroup B meningococcus

(2010) Marzia M. Giuliani et al.   VACCINE

Design and evaluation in mice of a broadly protective meningococcal group B native outer membrane vesicle vaccine

(2010) Wendell D. Zollinger et al.   VACCINE

Broad vaccine coverage predicted for a bivalent recombinant factor H binding protein based vaccine to prevent serogroup B meningococcal disease

(2010) Han-Qing Jiang et al.   VACCINE

The influence of genomics and proteomics on the development of potential vaccines against meningococcal infection

(2010) John E Heckels et al.   Genome Medicine

The Meningococcal Vaccine Candidate Neisserial Surface Protein A (NspA) Binds to Factor H and Enhances Meningococcal Resistance to Complement

(2010) Lisa A. Lewis et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Phase I Safety and Immunogenicity Study of a Candidate Meningococcal Disease Vaccine Based on Neisseria lactamica Outer Membrane Vesicles

(2009) A. R. Gorringe et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Genetically Modified L3,7 and L2 Lipooligosaccharides from Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B Confer a Broad Cross-Bactericidal Response

(2009) V. Weynants et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Immunoproteomic Analysis of the Development of Natural Immunity in Subjects Colonized by Neisseria meningitidis Reveals Potential Vaccine Candidates

(2009) J. N. Williams et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Solution Structure of the Factor H-binding Protein, a Survival Factor and Protective Antigen ofNeisseria meningitidis

(2009) Francesca Cantini et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Characterization of fHbp, nhba (gna2132), nadA, porA, Sequence Type (ST), and Genomic Presence of IS1301 in Group B Meningococcal ST269 Clonal Complex Isolates from England and Wales

(2009) J. Lucidarme et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Sequence Diversity of the Factor H Binding Protein Vaccine Candidate in Epidemiologically Relevant Strains of Serogroup BNeisseria meningitidis

(2009) Ellen Murphy et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Quest for a broad-range vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B: implications of genetic variations of the surface-exposed proteins

(2009) I. de Filippis   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The modular architecture of meningococcal factor H-binding protein

(2009) P. T. Beernink et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Expression of the meningococcal adhesin NadA is controlled by a transcriptional regulator of the MarR family

(2009) Stephanie Schielke et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Neisseria meningitidis recruits factor H using protein mimicry of host carbohydrates

(2009) Muriel C. Schneider et al.   NATURE

Meningococcal carriage and disease—Population biology and evolution

(2009) Dominique A. Caugant et al.   VACCINE

Distribution and genetic variability of three vaccine components in a panel of strains representative of the diversity of serogroup B meningococcus

(2009) Stefania Bambini et al.   VACCINE

Meningococcal protein antigens and vaccines

(2009) Ian M. Feavers et al.   VACCINE

Genome flexibility in Neisseria meningitidis

(2009) Christoph Schoen et al.   VACCINE

Prevalence and sequence variations of the genes encoding the five antigens included in the novel 5CVMB vaccine covering group B meningococcal disease

(2009) Susanne Jacobsson et al.   VACCINE

Frequency of factor H-binding protein modular groups and susceptibility to cross-reactive bactericidal activity in invasive meningococcal isolates

(2009) Rolando Pajon et al.   VACCINE

A Novel Phase Variation Mechanism in the Meningococcus Driven by a Ligand-Responsive Repressor and Differential Spacing of Distal Promoter Elements

(2009) Matteo M. E. Metruccio et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Vaccine-Induced Opsonophagocytic Immunity to Neisseria meningitidis Group B

(2008) J. S. Plested et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Genetics and evolution of Neisseria meningitidis: Importance for the epidemiology of meningococcal disease

(2008) Dominique A. Caugant   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Use of an observational cohort study to estimate the effectiveness of the New Zealand group B meningococcal vaccine in children aged under 5 years

(2008) Y. Galloway et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Structural Basis for the Immunogenic Properties of the Meningococcal Vaccine Candidate LP2086

(2008) Alessandro Mascioni et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Role of selection in the emergence of lineages and the evolution of virulence in Neisseria meningitidis

(2008) C. O. Buckee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Whole-genome comparison of disease and carriage strains provides insights into virulence evolution in Neisseria meningitidis

(2008) C. Schoen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA