Neisseria Meningitidis

Neisseria meningitidis

View the organism: Neisseria meningitidis under the microscope (courtesy D. Kunkel). Pictures of affected tissue, of the bacteria (Bristol BioMed Image Archive)

Collection sites, home-pages

Meningitis Foundation of America Home page
National Meningitis Trust (UK)
Bacterial meningitis collection site

Fact sheets, consumer guides, general information

Meningococcal disease (CDC)
Meningococcal disease (WHO)
Meningitidis information (Boynton Health Service)
Bacterial Meningitis (MCW Health Link)

Lectures

Neisseriaceae (Ferris State Uni)
Bacteriology of Neisseria (MicroBioNet)
Species description (Southern Illinois Uni)

Scientific papers

Laboratory Methods for the Diagnosis of Meningitis Caused by Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Haemophilus influenzae (to download as PDF) (WHO)
Students at risk (Student BMJ)
Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A in Ontario: case report (Health Canada)

Scientifc links

Genome sequence of N. meningitidis MC58 (TIGR) or at DDBJ
Genome sequence of N. meningitidis Z2491 (Sanger)
Bacterial names of the genus Neisseria (JP Enzeby)
MLST net (Multi Locus Sequence Typing)
Meningitis Research Foundation UK

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Last modified: 05 Sep 2002

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