Neisseria meningitidis group B

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:bacterial_serogroup
gptkbp:cause	bacterial meningitis meningococcal disease meningococcemia
gptkbp:commonIn	adolescents infants
gptkbp:foundIn	nasopharynx
gptkbp:hasCapsularPolysaccharide	polysialic acid
gptkbp:hasHighMorbidity	true
gptkbp:hasHighMortality	true
gptkbp:hasVaccine	gptkb:Trumenba gptkb:Bexsero
gptkbp:isAerobic	true
gptkbp:isCatalasePositive	true
gptkbp:isDifficultToDiagnose	due to similarity with other bacterial infections
gptkbp:isDifficultToVaccinateAgainst	due to poor immunogenicity of capsule
gptkbp:isDiplococcus	true
gptkbp:isEndemicIn	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Europe gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:isGramNegative	true
gptkbp:isHumanPathogen	true
gptkbp:isLessCommonIn	gptkb:Africa
gptkbp:isMajorCauseOf	epidemic meningitis in developed countries
gptkbp:isNotifiableDiseaseAgent	true
gptkbp:isNotPreventedBy	polysaccharide vaccines
gptkbp:isOxidasePositive	true
gptkbp:prevention	protein-based vaccines
gptkbp:resistantTo	complement-mediated lysis
gptkbp:sensitivity	antibiotics
gptkbp:subclassOf	gptkb:Neisseria_meningitidis
gptkbp:subjectOf	public health surveillance vaccine development research
gptkbp:transmittedBy	respiratory droplets
gptkbp:treatment	gptkb:chloramphenicol gptkb:penicillin_G gptkb:ceftriaxone
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Bexsero
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Neisseria meningitidis group B