neisseria meningitidis, serogroup a

Preferred Label : neisseria meningitidis, serogroup a;

MeSH definition : Strains of Neisseria meningitidis responsible for most outbreaks of meningococcal disease in Western Europe and the United States in the first half of the 20th century. They continue to be a major cause of disease in Asia and Africa, and especially localized epidemics in Sub-Sahara Africa.;

MeSH synonym : meningococci, serogroup a; meningococcus, serogroup a;

MeSH annotation : infection: coord IM with MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL (IM) or, if not meningitis, MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS (IM);

UNII : txid65699;

Details

Origin ID

D038381;

UMLS CUI

C1136211;

ATC code(s)
- meningococcus A,B,C,Y,W-135, pentavalent purified polysaccharides antigen conjugated and factor H binding protein [ATC Code]
- meningococcus A,C, bivalent purified polysaccharides antigen [ATC Code]
- meningococcus a, purified polysaccharides antigen [ATC Code]
Allowable qualifiers
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- cytology [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- growth and development [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- isolation and purification [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathogenicity [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Neisseria meningitidis serogroup [LOINC component]
CISMeF manual mappings
- Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
Manual BTNT mappings - CISMeF
- Antigen of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
Record concept(s)
- neisseria meningitidis, serogroup A [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Bacterium [UMLS semantic type]

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