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Neisseria meningitidis
Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) is an important cause of serious bacterial infections in children, most commonly manifesting as purulent meningitis or septicemia. Asymptomatic pharyngeal colonization is more common than invasive disease, and humans are the only reservoir. Gaspard Vieusseux provided the…