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Assessing damage to microcirculation during meningococcal septicaemia.

Assessing damage to microcirculation during meningococcal septicaemia.

Alderhey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK, Institute of Child Health, London, UK, Liverpool University, Liverpool, UK

How malfunction of the smallet blood vessels causesorgan failure


Developing meningococcal vaccines using natural immunity due to a close cousin of the meningococcus.

Developing meningococcal vaccines using natural immunity due to a close cousin of the meningococcus.

Health Protection Agency, Salisbury, UK, Imperial College, London, UK, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Hertfordshire, UK

Using harmless related bacteria to create meningococcal vaccines


Development of a rapid molecular test for meningococcal disease.

Development of a rapid molecular test for meningococcal disease.

Queen's University, Belfast, UK

Speeding up diagnosis of meningitis and septicaemia


Genomic techniques in identifying bacterial meningitis and assessing disease severity.

Genomic techniques in identifying bacterial meningitis and assessing disease severity.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre, Dallas, USA

Diagnosing meningitis using genetic activity.


Identifying meningococcal molecules that can suppress our immune defence system.

Identifying meningococcal molecules that can suppress our immune defence system.

Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

How do meningococcal bacteria avoid being destroyed by the immune system?


Improving early recognition of meningococcal disease in children.

Improving early recognition of meningococcal disease in children.

Oxford University, Oxford, UK

Better ways to identify children with meningitis and septicaemia.


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Pneumococcal meningitis

Pneumococcal meningitis at 30

We were warned he had a low chance of survival if he came home.