Meningococcal Disease During Hajj, Umrah, and Other Mass Gatherings

Development of a robust and quantitative high-throughput screening method for assessing phenotypic variation in large Neisseria meningitidis isolate collections

“…Meningococcal infection is a worldwide issue that manifests as sporadic, hyper-sporadic, and epidemic disease [1] . There are an estimated 1.2 million cases of meningococcal infection each year, with a death toll of -135,000 worldwide [2] . Disease patterns differ greatly over time and across geographical areas, age groups, and bacterial serogroups.…”