... -hand smoke are more likely to get invasive meningococcal disease than children who are not exposed, reports a study ... -hand smoke doubled the likelihood of invasive meningococcal disease (with a total odds ratio for second ...
... exposure due to maternal smoking while pregnant significantly increase the risk of invasive meningococcal disease ...
... of print in Tobacco Control. These children are at greater risk of a whole range of infectious illnesses, such as meningococcal disease, and not just respiratory illness, the results ...
... despite visiting a healthcare provider. Since 2005, three additional vaccines to prevent meningococcal disease, pertussis, and human papillomavirus have been approved ...
... warts. The recommendations also say children considered at-risk for meningococcal disease, especially those with immune-system disorders and other conditions, should get a booster shot of meningococcal conjugate vaccine, known as MCV4, three ...
... in human health, but the mechanisms – especially for respiratory diseases like flu – have been unclear," Lipsitch said. "This study ... , helps to explain variation in other infectious diseases – such as pneumococcal and meningococcal disease – as well as seasonal variation ...
... person's genome, and searched for differences between the patients with meningococcal disease and healthy controls. The results revealed ... across four European countries, added: "Meningococcal disease is a terrible illness as it strikes healthy ...
... worse, they write. Death rates from illnesses that rely heavily on rapid access to care, such as meningococcal disease, pneumonia, and asthma, are higher in the UK ...
... in Chile have successfully tested a vaccine against meningococcus B, a strain of bacteria that causes meningococcal diseases, including one of the commonest forms of meningitis ...
... from his own laboratoryA young research associate killed by a highly virulent strain of meningococcal disease is believed to have contracted the bacteria from the San ...
... B - the most common cause of meningococcal disease in Western Australia.New research published Online ... and North America where this particular type of meningococcal disease is most prevalent," Dr Richmond said."While ...
... L.A. County report says that no other cases of meningococcal disease has been linked to either the case of a West Hollywood lawyer who died this month or to a New York ...
