Neisseria meningitidis

Translingual thumb|Neisseria meningitidis (blue) and its pili (yellow), by which it infects cells Proper noun 1 f Neisseria meningitis meningitidis la species family Neisseriaceae meningococcus, a Gram-negative bacterium that can cause meningitis and other forms of meningococcal disease such as meningococcemia, a life-threatening sepsis. en Increase in Invasive Serogroup Y Meningococcal Disease in the United States CDC Health Alert Network https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2024/han00505.asp March 28, 2024 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to alert healthcare providers to an increase in invasive meningococcal disease, mainly attributable to Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y (Figure). In 2023, 422 cases were reported in the United States, the highest annual number of cases reported since 2014. As of March 25, 2024, 143 cases have been reported to CDC for the current calendar year, an increase of 62 cases over the 81 reported as of this date in 2023. A specific meningococcal strain, sequence type (ST) 1466, is responsible for most (101 of 148, 68%) serogroup Y cases with available sequence type data that were reported across the United States in 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20241130154936/https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/2024/han00505.asp 30 November 2024 Hypernyms species Neisseriales order order; Neisseriaceae family family; Neisseria genus genus Hyponyms species Neisseria meningitidis serogroup 29E, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Z selected serogroups References 1 1 1 964013 4655R 996566 487 species Neisseria-meningitidis