Anti-psychotic drugs block meningococcal virulence
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DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0467-9
Abstract: A class of drugs approved to treat schizophrenia can cause rapid loss of the pilus, an essential virulence factor necessary for the disease-causing properties in the strict human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis. read more here.
Keywords: virulence; psychotic drugs; meningococcal virulence; drugs block ... See more keywords
Meningococcal virulence in zebrafish embryos depends on capsule polysaccharide structure
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DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.1020201
Abstract: Neisseria meningitidis or the meningococcus, can cause devasting diseases such as sepsis and meningitis. Its polysaccharide capsule, on which serogrouping is based, is the most important virulence factor. Non-encapsulated meningococci only rarely cause disease, due… read more here.
Keywords: zebrafish embryos; virulence zebrafish; virulence; meningococcal virulence ... See more keywords