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Descriptor English: Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup A
Descriptor Spanish: Neisseria meningitidis Serogrupo A
Descriptor Neisseria meningitidis serogrupo A
Entry term(s) Meningococcus serogrupo A
meningococo serogrupo A
Scope note: Cadenas de Neisseria meningitidis responsables de la mayoría de los brotes de meningococia en Europa Occidental y los Estados Unidos en la primera mitad del siglo XX. En la actualidad continúan siendo la principal causa de enfermedad en Asia y África, especialmente en África subsahariana.
Descriptor Portuguese: Neisseria meningitidis Sorogrupo A
Descriptor French: Neisseria meningitidis sérogroupe A
Entry term(s): Meningococci, Serogroup A
Meningococcus, Serogroup A
Tree number(s): B03.440.400.425.550.550.641.700
B03.660.075.525.520.500.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D038381
Scope note: Strains of Neisseria meningitidis responsible for most outbreaks of meningococcal disease in Western Europe and the United States in the first half of the 20th century. They continue to be a major cause of disease in Asia and Africa, and especially localized epidemics in Sub-Sahara Africa.
Annotation: infection: coord IM with MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL (IM) or, if not meningitis, MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Neisseria meningitidis (1965-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36586
Unique ID: D038381
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup A - Preferred
Concept UI M0415971
Scope note Strains of Neisseria meningitidis responsible for most outbreaks of meningococcal disease in Western Europe and the United States in the first half of the 20th century. They continue to be a major cause of disease in Asia and Africa, and especially localized epidemics in Sub-Sahara Africa.
Preferred term Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup A
Entry term(s) Meningococci, Serogroup A
Meningococcus, Serogroup A



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