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Meaning of "meningococci" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MENINGOCOCCI

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MENINGOCOCCI

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Meningococci is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MENINGOCOCCI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Neisseria meningitidis

Neisseria meningitidis, often referred to as meningococcus, is a bacterium that can cause meningitis and other forms of meningococcal disease such as meningococcemia, a life-threatening sepsis. N. meningitidis is a major cause of illness and death during childhood in industrialized countries and has been responsible for epidemics in Africa and in Asia. The bacteria are round and are often joined in pairs. They are Gram-negative since they have outer and inner membranes with a thin layer of peptidoglycan in between. Cultures of the bacteria test positive for the enzyme cytochrome c oxidase. It exists as normal flora in the nasopharynx of up to 5–15% of adults. It causes the only form of bacterial meningitis known to occur epidemically. Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common bacterial cause of meningitis in children beyond 2 months of age. Meningococci is only known to infect humans and has never been isolated from other animals; this is thought to stem from the bacterium's inability to get iron other than from human sources.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MENINGOCOCCI

meningeal
meninges
meningioma
meningitic
meningitides
meningitis
meningocele
meningococcal
meningococcall
meningococcic
meningococcus
meninx
meniscal
meniscate
meniscectomy
menisci
meniscoid
meniscus
menispermaceous

WORDS THAT END LIKE MENINGOCOCCI

Amerigo Vespucci
Bertolucci
bocci
capricci
Carducci
Carracci
cocci
diplococci
eleutherococci
Fibonacci
flocci
gonococci
micrococci
pneumococci
Ricci
staphylococci
streptococci
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Synonyms and antonyms of meningococci in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «meningococci» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MENINGOCOCCI

Find out the translation of meningococci to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of meningococci from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «meningococci» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

脑膜炎球菌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

meningococos
570 millions of speakers

English

meningococci
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

meningococci
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المكورات السحائية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

менингококки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meningococos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

meningococci
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

méningocoques
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meningococci
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Meningokokken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

髄膜炎菌
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

meningococci
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Meningococci
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cầu khuẩn màng não
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

meningococci
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेनिन्गोकोकी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

menengokokları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

meningococchi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Meningokoki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

менингококки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

meningococi
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μηνιγγοκόκκους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meningococcen
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

meningokocker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

meningokokker
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of meningococci

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MENINGOCOCCI»

The term «meningococci» is normally little used and occupies the 138.714 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MENINGOCOCCI» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about meningococci

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MENINGOCOCCI»

Discover the use of meningococci in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to meningococci and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Textbook of Microbiology & Immunology
The capsule protects meningococci from destruction by the leukocytes. Inside the phagocytic vesicle of the leukocyte, they survive intracellular death, multiply, and then migrateto subepithelial spaces. LOS endotoxin: LOS endotoxin is ...
Subhash Chandra Parija, 2014
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Handbook of Meningococcal Disease: Infection Biology, ...
Only 167 of the regulated genes were common to both bacteria, indicating that the different behavior of the two species most likely resides in the genes specifically regulated in meningococci and N. lactamica, respectively. The upregulation of ...
Matthias Frosch, Martin C. J. Maiden, 2008
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Bacterial Infections of Humans: Epidemiology and Control
Most of the major epidemics of this century have been caused by group A meningococci, although the massive Brazilian epidemic of the 1970s began as a group C outbreak that was then displaced by group A organisms. Localized outbreaks ...
Alfred S. Evans, Philip S. Brachman, 1998
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Principles of Medicine in Africa
Meningococci will survive for several days if inoculated into transport medium. Meningococci grow readily on blood agar and chocolate agar plates, producing characteristic colonies. Isolation of meningococci from nasopharyngeal swabs is  ...
Eldryd Parry, 2004
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Textbook of Microbiology & Immunology
However, antigen detection is not useful in the meningitis caused by Group B meningococci because N. meningitidis serogroup B is relatively nonimmunogenic and does not react with specific antibodies. Serodiagnosis Serodiagnosis is ...
Parija, 2009
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Pathogenicity Islands and the Evolution of Pathogenic Microbes
Serogroup A, B, C, W135 and Y meningococci cause sepsis and meningitis. Furthermore, serogroup Y meningococci have been observed in broncho- pulmonary infections (ROSENSTEIN et al. 1999). The isolation of gonococci from the ...
J. Hacker, James B. Kaper, 2002
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Herold's Internal Medicine -
petechial rash in meningococci-meningitis CT/MRI (indispensable to exclude increased ICP before lumbar puncture) investigation of CSF pathogen detection from CSF and blood (culture, antigen-/virus-DNA-detection) - serological antibody ...
Gerd Herold, 2011
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Meningococcal Disease: Methods and Protocols
Identified potent cytokine inducers are lipopeptides (137), icid (138), capsular polysaccharide (139), and peptidoglycan nly a few studies assessed the cytokine inducing properties of ;tures of meningococci. In 1992, Boutten et al. used ...
Andrew J. Pollard, Martin C. J. Maiden, 2001
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Bacterial Population Genetics in Infectious Disease
13.4 SAMPLING STRATEGIES For meningococci, there are abundant strain collections available representing isolates from invasive disease sampled for medical or epidemiological purposes. Isolates are available on a global scale over ...
D. Ashley Robinson, Edward J Feil, Daniel Falush, 2010
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Bacterial Vaccines
Recently, the morphology of the interaction of meningococci and bits of human pharyngeal tissue has been studied by light and electron microscopic techniques . It appears that the meningococcus attaches to the cells by means of the pili.
René Germanier, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MENINGOCOCCI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term meningococci is used in the context of the following news items.
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Toronto schoolkids lagging in vaccination
It occurs in people who have either come in contact with a healthy person known as a “carrier” of meningococci bacteria or come in contact with ... «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
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US CDC committee recommends approval for Pfizer's MenB …
fHBP is one of many proteins found on the surface of meningococci and contributes to the ability of the bacterium to avoid host defenses. «pharmabiz.com, Jun 15»
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CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Votes to …
fHBP is one of many proteins found on the surface of meningococci ... B meningococci to complement-mediated, antibody-dependent killing ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
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Pfizer Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Nimenrix And Mencevax …
... older than two years, adolescents and adults against invasive meningococcal disease caused by meningococci of groups A, C, W135 and Y. «Benzinga, Jun 15»
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Niger meningitis outbreak tops 8000, outbreak has peaked
Meningococci are classified into serogroups on the basis of the composition of the capsular polysaccharide. The 5 major meningococcal ... «Outbreak News Today, Jun 15»
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Niger: Hundreds more affected by meningitis epidemic, 'situation …
Meningococci are classified into serogroups on the basis of the composition of the capsular polysaccharide. The 5 major meningococcal ... «Outbreak News Today, May 15»
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Entertaining The Facts: Hollywood Health And Society
HH&S connected him with an infectious diseases specialist who provided facts about bacteria named meningococci that can cause purplish ... «Neon Tommy, Apr 15»
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The dangers of kissing
Meningococcal meningitis occurs when bacteria called meningococci infect the lining of the brain and spinal cord. When these same bacteria ... «Jamaica Observer, Apr 15»
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British health officials recommend meningitis group W vaccine for …
Six different types of meningococci, known as serogroups A, B, C, W, X, and Y are responsible for most of the disease across the globe. «Outbreak News Today, Mar 15»
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Pfizer Announces Positive Top-line Results Of A Phase 2 Study Of …
fHBP is one of many proteins found on the surface of meningococci and ... of fHBP expressed on the surface of the invading meningococci.1. «MarketWatch, Feb 15»

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