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2. SECONDHAND SMOKE INCREASES RISK OF INVASIVE MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE IN CHILDREN

Subjects
Passive smoking -- Risk factors, Meningitis -- Risk factors, Children -- Diseases, Medical research, Medicine, Experimental, Smoking and youth -- Risk factors, Bacterial infections -- Risk factors, News, opinion and commentary, University of London. Imperial College of Science and Technology
Abstract

LONDON -- The following information was released by Imperial College London: Invasive meningococcal disease is a term that refers to when a person becomes infected with meningococcus bacteria. This infection [...]

Published
2010

3. Increased meningitis risk revealed

Author

Sullivan, Michele G.

Subjects
Children -- Diseases, Meningitis -- Risk factors, Pregnant women -- Health aspects -- Physiological aspects, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

Meningococcal disease is almost 12 times more likely to occur in a child whose mother is pregnant, possibly due to hormonal alterations in the mucosal barriers of pregnant women that [...]

Published
2005

4. Risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents are outlined

Subjects
Meningitis -- Risk factors, Children -- Diseases, Medical research, Medicine, Experimental, Teenagers, Youth, Health, Science and technology, Diseases, Risk factors
Abstract

Investigators outline risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents in a recent issue of the British Medical Journal. Scientists in England conducted a study "to examine biological and [...]

Published
2006

5. Risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents are outlined

Subjects
Meningitis -- Risk factors, Children -- Diseases, Medical research, Medicine, Experimental, Teenagers, Youth
Abstract

Investigators outline risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents in a recent issue of the British Medical Journal. Scientists in England conducted a study 'to examine biological and [...]

Published
2006

6. Risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents are outlined

Subjects
Meningitis -- Risk factors, Children -- Diseases, Medical research, Medicine, Experimental, Teenagers, Youth, Health, Diseases, Risk factors
Abstract

Investigators outline risk and protective factors for meningococcal disease in adolescents in a recent issue of the British Medical Journal. Scientists in England conducted a study "to examine biological and [...]

Published
2006

7. Intimate kissing quadruples risk of meningitis in teenagers

Subjects
Meningitis -- Risk factors, Children -- Diseases, Teenagers, Youth, Health, Science and technology, Diseases, Risk factors
Abstract

Intimate kissing with multiple partners almost quadruples a teenager's risk of meningococcal disease, research shows. Meningococcal disease is a life-threatening condition with two incidence peaks: in early childhood and in [...]

Published
2006

8. Intimate kissing quadruples risk of meningitis in teenagers

Subjects
Meningitis -- Risk factors, Children -- Diseases, Medical research, Medicine, Experimental, Teenagers, Youth, Health, Diseases, Risk factors
Abstract

Intimate kissing with multiple partners almost quadruples a teenager's risk of meningococcal disease, research shows. Meningococcal disease is a life-threatening condition with two incidence peaks: in early childhood and in [...]

Published
2006

9. Intimate kissing quadruples risk of meningitis in teenagers

Subjects
Children -- Diseases, Meningitis -- Risk factors, Medical research, Medicine, Experimental, Teenagers, Youth
Abstract

Intimate kissing with multiple partners almost quadruples a teenager's risk of meningococcal disease, research shows. Meningococcal disease is a life-threatening condition with two incidence peaks: in early childhood and in [...]

Published
2006

10. Recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for use of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4) in children aged 2-10 years at increased risk for invasive meningococcal disease

Subjects
United States. Food and Drug Administration, Meningitis -- Risk factors, Children -- Diseases, Children -- Risk factors, Vaccination, Vaccines
Abstract

On October 17, 2007, the Food and Drug Administration approved quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4) (Menactra[R], Sanofi Pasteur, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania) for use in children aged 2-10 years, in addition to [...]

Published
2007

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