Meningococcal Sepsis in Patient with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria during Pegcetacoplan Therapy.

Authors: Starck, Leo¹, Nummi, Vuokko², Poikonen, Eira², Lehtinen, Anna-Elina², Kivelä, Pia², Friberg, Nathalie², Torvikoski, Jukka², Toropainen, Maija³, Meri, Seppo^1,2

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Mar2025, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p583-586, 4p

The importance of microbiology reference laboratories and adequate funding for infectious disease surveillance

Authors: Shaw, David ^j, Torreblanca, Raquel Abad ^ao, Amin-Chowdhury, Zahin ^ax, Bautista, Adriana ^w, Bennett, Desiree ^ad, Broughton, Karen ^az, Casanova, Carlo ^bc, Choi, Eun Hwa ^u, Claus, Heike ^y, Corcoran, Mary ^{o, ad}, Cottrell, Simon ^bh, Cunney, Robert ^{o, r, ad}, Cuypers, Lize ^{s, am}, Dalby, Tine ^p, Davies, Heather ^ba, de Gouveia, Linda ^c, Deghmane, Ala-Eddine ^ac, Desmet, Stefanie ^{s, am}, Domenech, Mirian ^{d, ap}, Drew, Richard ^{f, o, ad}, Plessis, Mignon du ^c, Duarte, Carolina ^w, Fuursted, Kurt ^h, Golden, Alyssa ^aj, Almeida, Samanta Cristine Grassi ^ah, Henares, Desiree ^{e, ab}, Henriques-Normark, Birgitta ^{l, t}, Hilty, Markus ^bc, Hoffmann, Steen ^h, Humphreys, Hilary ⁿ, Jacobsson, Susanne ^aq, Johnson, Christopher ^bh, Jolley, Keith A ^k, Kawabata, Aníbal ⁱ, Kozakova, Jana ^{at, au, av}, Kristinsson, Karl G ^m, Krizova, Pavla ^as, Kuch, Alicja ^ak, Ladhani, Shamez ^ax, Lâm, Thiên-Trí ^y, Ayala, María Eugenia León ⁱ, Lindholm, Laura ^v, Litt, David ^ay, Maiden, Martin C J ^k, Martin, Irene ^aj, Martiny, Delphine ^{x, al}, Mattheus, Wesley ^an, McCarthy, Noel D ^be, Meehan, Mary ^ad, Meiring, Susan ^b, Mölling, Paula ^aq, Morfeldt, Eva ^bg, Morgan, Julie ^bb, Mulhall, Robert ^ad, Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen ^{e, ab, af}, Murdoch, David ^bi, Musilek, Martin ^as, Novakova, Ludmila ^ar, Oftadeh, Shahin ^aa, Perez-Arguello, Amaresh ^ab, Pérez-Vázquez, Maria Dolores ^ag, Perrin, Monique ^bf, Prevost, Benoit ^{x, al}, Roberts, Maria ^bh, Rokney, Assaf ^z, Ron, Merav ^z, Sanabria, Olga Marina ^w, Scott, Kevin J ^a, Sempere, Julio ^{d, ap}, Siira, Lotta ^v, de Lemos, Ana Paula Silva ^ah, Sintchenko, Vitali ^{aa, bd}, Skoczyńska, Anna ^ak, Slotved, Hans-Christian ^h, Smith, Andrew J ^{a, g}, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir ^ac, Toropainen, Maija ^v, Tzanakaki, Georgina ^ai, Vainio, Anni ^v, van der Linden, Mark P G ^aw, van Sorge, Nina M ^q, Varon, Emmanuelle ^ae, Moreno, Julio Vazquez ^ao, Vohrnova, Sandra ^at, von Gottberg, Anne ^c, Yuste, Jose ^{d, ap}, Brueggemann, Angela B ^{j, *}

Source: In The Lancet Digital Health April 2025 7(4):e275-e281

Global impact of ten-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on invasive pneumococcal disease in all ages (the PSERENADE project): a global surveillance analysis

Authors: Pennington, Kate, Krause, Vicki, Rahman, Hafizur, Almeida, Samanta, Kellner, James, Deceuninck, Geneviève, Lefebvre, Brigitte, Hormazabal, Juan, Valenzuela, Maria Teresa, Krizova, Pavla, Sahu Khan, Aalisha, Toropainen, Maija, Varon, Emmanuelle, Ploy, Marie-Cecile, Hossain, Ilias, Magaziotou, Ioanna, Tzanakaki, Georgina, Chow, Kin-Hung, Erlendsdottir, Helga, Corcoran, Mary, Riccardo, Flavia, Oishi, Kazunori, Verani, Jennifer, Dimina, Elina, Swarthout, Todd, Mungun, Tuya, Zerouali, Khalid, van Sorge, Nina, Gilkison, Charlotte, Vestrheim, Didrik, Kuch, Alicja, Thoon, Koh Cheng, Ang, Michelle, Avdičová, Mária, Kleynhans, Jackie, de Gouveia, Linda, Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen, de Miguel, Sara, Castilla, Jesús, Morfeldt, Eva, Amin-Chowdhury, Zahin, Smith, Andrew, Pilishvili, Tamara, Kobayashi, Miwako, Reasonover, Alisa, Pelton, Stephen, Sutcliffe, Catherine, Aukes, Laurie, Byington, Carrie, Dalby, Tine, Celentano, Lucia, Hanquet, Germaine, Bennett, Julia C ^{a, *, *}, Deloria Knoll, Maria ^{a, *, **}, Kagucia, Eunice W ^b, Garcia Quesada, Maria ^a, Zeger, Scott L ^a, Hetrich, Marissa K ^a, Yang, Yangyupei ^a, Herbert, Carly ^c, Ogyu, Anju ^a, Cohen, Adam L ^{d, e}, Yildirim, Inci ^f, Winje, Brita A ^g, von Gottberg, Anne ^{h, i}, Viriot, Delphine ^k, van der Linden, Mark ^l, Valentiner-Branth, Palle ^m, Suga, Shigeru ⁿ, Steens, Anneke ^o, Skoczynska, Anna ^p, Sinkovec Zorko, Nadja ^q, Scott, J Anthony ^b, Savulescu, Camelia ^r, Savrasova, Larisa ^s, Sanz, Juan Carlos ^t, Russell, Fiona ^{u, w}, Ricketson, Leah J ^x, Puentes, Rodrigo ^y, Nuorti, J Pekka ^{z, aa}, Mereckiene, Jolita ^ab, McMahon, Kimberley ^ac, McGeer, Allison ^ad, Mad'arová, Lucia ^ae, Mackenzie, Grant A ^{v, af, ag, ah}, MacDonald, Laura ^ai, Lepp, Tiia ^aj, Ladhani, Shamez N ^ak, Kristinsson, Karl G ^al, Kozakova, Jana ^am, Klein, Nicola P ^an, Jayasinghe, Sanjay ^ao, Ho, Pak-Leung ^ap, Hilty, Markus ^aq, Heyderman, Robert S ^{ar, as}, Hasanuzzaman, Md ^at, Hammitt, Laura L ^{a, b}, Guevara, Marcela ^{au, av}, Grgic-Vitek, Marta ^q, Gierke, Ryan ^e, Georgakopoulou, Theano ^aw, Galloway, Yvonne ^ax, Diawara, Idrissa ^{ay, az}, Desmet, Stefanie ^{ba, bb}, De Wals, Philippe ^bc, Dagan, Ron ^bd, Colzani, Edoardo ^be, Cohen, Cheryl ^{h, j}, Ciruela, Pilar ^{au, bf}, Chuluunbat, Urtnasan ^bg, Chan, Guanhao ^bh, Camilli, Romina ^bi, Bruce, Michael G ^bj, Brandileone, Maria-Cristina C ^bk, Bigogo, Godfrey ^bl, Ampofo, Krow ^bm, O'Brien, Katherine L ^a, Feikin, Daniel R ^{d, †}, Hayford, Kyla ^{a, †}

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases April 2025 25(4):457-470

Serotype distribution of remaining invasive pneumococcal disease after extensive use of ten-valent and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (the PSERENADE project): a global surveillance analysis

Authors: Pennington, Kate, Krause, Vicki, Brandileone, Maria-Cristina, Ricketson, Leah, Deceuninck, Geneviève, Lefebvre, Brigitte, Díaz, Janepsy, Puentes, Rodrigo, Krizova, Pavla, Rafai, Eric, Toropainen, Maija, Viriot, Delphine, Ploy, Marie-Cecile, Hossain, Ilias, Georgakopoulou, Theano, Magaziotou, Ioanna, Chow, Kin-Hung, Erlendsdottir, Helga, Mereckiene, Jolita, Del Manso, Martina, Suga, Shigeru, Bigogo, Godfrey, Dimina, Elina, Swarthout, Todd, Nzoyikorera, Néhémie, Steens, Anneke, Galloway, Yvonne, Winje, Brita, Chan, Guanhao, Thoon, Koh Cheng, Avdičová, Mária, de Gouveia, Linda, du Plessis, Mignon, Ciruela, Pilar, Sanz, Juan Carlos, Guevara, Marcela, Lepp, Tiia, Amin-Chowdhury, Zahin, Macdonald, Laura, Pilishvili, Tamara, Kobayashi, Miwako, Bruden, Dana, Pelton, Stephen, Sutcliffe, Catherine, Aukes, Laurie, Byington, Carrie, Zintgraff, Jonathan, Chamorro, Gustavo, Kawabata, Aníbal, Celentano, Lucia, Rey-Benito, Gloria, Nakamura, Tomoka, Garcia Quesada, Maria ^{a, *}, Peterson, Meagan E ^a, Bennett, Julia C ^a, Hayford, Kyla ^a, Zeger, Scott L ^a, Yang, Yangyupei ^a, Hetrich, Marissa K ^a, Feikin, Daniel R ^b, Cohen, Adam L ^b, von Gottberg, Anne ^{c, d}, van der Linden, Mark ^f, van Sorge, Nina M ^g, de Oliveira, Lucia H ^h, de Miguel, Sara ^{i, j}, Yildirim, Inci ^k, Vestrheim, Didrik F ^l, Verani, Jennifer R ^{m, n}, Varon, Emmanuelle ^o, Valentiner-Branth, Palle ^p, Tzanakaki, Georgina ^q, Sinkovec Zorko, Nadja ^r, Setchanova, Lena P ^s, Serhan, Fatima ^b, Scott, Kevin J ^t, Scott, J Anthony ^u, Savulescu, Camelia ^v, Savrasova, Larisa ^w, Reyburn, Rita ^x, Oishi, Kazunori ^z, Nuorti, J Pekka ^{aa, ab}, Napoli, Daniela ^ac, Mwenda, Jason M ^ad, Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen ^{ae, af, ag}, Morfeldt, Eva ^ah, McMahon, Kimberley ^ai, McGeer, Allison ^aj, Mad'arová, Lucia ^ak, Mackenzie, Grant A ^{y, al, am, an}, Eugenia León, Maria ^ao, Ladhani, Shamez N ^ap, Kristinsson, Karl G ^aq, Kozakova, Jana ^ar, Kleynhans, Jackie ^{c, e}, Klein, Nicola P ^as, Kellner, James D ^at, Jayasinghe, Sanjay ^au, Ho, Pak-Leung ^av, Hilty, Markus ^aw, Harker-Jones, Marcella A ^ax, Hammitt, Laura L ^{a, u}, Grgic-Vitek, Marta ^r, Gilkison, Charlotte ^ay, Gierke, Ryan ⁿ, French, Neil ^{az, ba}, Diawara, Idrissa ^{bb, bc}, Desmet, Stefanie ^{bd, be}, De Wals, Philippe ^bf, Dalby, Tine ^{p, bs}, Dagan, Ron ^bg, Corcoran, Mary ^{bh, bi}, Colzani, Edoardo ^bj, Chanto Chacón, Grettel ^bk, Castilla, Jesús ^{ae, bl, bm}, Camilli, Romina ^bn, Ang, Michelle ^bo, Ampofo, Krow ^bp, Almeida, Samanta C G ^bq, Alarcon, Pedro ^br, O'Brien, Katherine L ^{a, b}, Deloria Knoll, Maria ^a

Source: In The Lancet Infectious Diseases April 2025 25(4):445-456

Global Meningococcal Initiative: Insights on antibiotic resistance, control strategies and advocacy efforts in Western Europe

Authors: Borrow, Ray, Campbell, Helen, Caugant, Dominique A., Cherkaoui, Abdessalam, Claus, Heike, Deghmane, Ala-Eddine, Dinleyici, Ener Cagri, Harrison, Lee H., Hausdorff, William P., Bajanca-Lavado, Paula, Levy, Corinne, Mattheus, Wesley, Mikula-Pratschke, Claudia, Mölling, Paula, Sáfadi, Marco AP, Smith, Vinny, van Sorge, Nina M., Stefanelli, Paola, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Toropainen, Maija, Tzanakaki, Georgina, Vázquez, Julio

Source: In Journal of Infection December 2024 89(6)

Association between anti-capsular IgG levels at birth and risk of invasive group B streptococcus disease in Finnish newborns: a retrospective case–control study

Authors: Saukkoriipi, Annika ^a, Silmon de Monerri, Natalie C ^b, Toropainen, Maija ^c, Lindholm, Laura ^c, Veijola, Riitta ^{d, e}, Toppari, Jorma ^{f, g}, Knip, Mikael ^{h, i}, Radley, David ^b, Gomme, Emily ^b, Jongihlati, Babalwa ^b, Anderson, Annaliesa S ^b, Palmu, Arto A ^j, Simon, Raphael ^{b, ∗}

Source: In The Lancet Microbe July 2024 5(7):689-696

Trends in invasive bacterial diseases during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: analyses of prospective surveillance data from 30 countries and territories in the IRIS Consortium

Authors: Shaw, David, Abad, Raquel, Amin-Chowdhury, Zahin, Bautista, Adriana, Bennett, Desiree, Broughton, Karen, Cao, Bin, Casanova, Carlo, Choi, Eun Hwa, Chu, Yiu-Wai, Claus, Heike, Coelho, Juliana, Corcoran, Mary, Cottrell, Simon, Cunney, Robert, Cuypers, Lize, Dalby, Tine, Davies, Heather, de Gouveia, Linda, Deghmane, Ala-Eddine, Demczuk, Walter, Desmet, Stefanie, Domenech, Mirian, Drew, Richard, du Plessis, Mignon, Duarte, Carolina, Erlendsdóttir, Helga, Fry, Norman K, Fuursted, Kurt, Hale, Thomas, Henares, Desiree, Henriques-Normark, Birgitta, Hilty, Markus, Hoffmann, Steen, Humphreys, Hilary, Ip, Margaret, Jacobsson, Susanne, Johnson, Christopher, Johnston, Jillian, Jolley, Keith A, Kawabata, Aníbal, Kozakova, Jana, Kristinsson, Karl G, Krizova, Pavla, Kuch, Alicja, Ladhani, Shamez, Lâm, Thiên-Trí, León, María Eugenia, Lindholm, Laura, Litt, David, Maiden, Martin C J, Martin, Irene, Martiny, Delphine, Mattheus, Wesley, McCarthy, Noel D, Meehan, Mary, Meiring, Susan, Mölling, Paula, Morfeldt, Eva, Morgan, Julie, Mulhall, Robert, Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen, Murdoch, David, Murphy, Joy, Musilek, Martin, Mzabi, Alexandre, Novakova, Ludmila, Oftadeh, Shahin, Perez-Argüello, Amaresh, Pérez-Vázquez, Maria, Perrin, Monique, Perry, Malorie, Prevost, Benoit, Roberts, Maria, Rokney, Assaf, Ron, Merav, Sanabria, Olga Marina, Scott, Kevin J, Sheppard, Carmen, Siira, Lotta, Sintchenko, Vitali, Skoczyńska, Anna, Sloan, Monica, Slotved, Hans-Christian, Smith, Andrew J, Steens, Anneke, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Toropainen, Maija, Tzanakaki, Georgina, Vainio, Anni, van der Linden, Mark P G, van Sorge, Nina M, Varon, Emmanuelle, Vohrnova, Sandra, von Gottberg, Anne, Yuste, Jose, Zanella, Rosemeire, Zhou, Fei, Brueggemann, Angela B ^*

Source: In The Lancet Digital Health September 2023 5(9):e582-e593

Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data

Authors: Brueggemann, Angela B ^*, Jansen van Rensburg, Melissa J, Shaw, David, McCarthy, Noel D, Jolley, Keith A, Maiden, Martin C J, van der Linden, Mark P G, Amin-Chowdhury, Zahin, Bennett, Désirée E, Borrow, Ray, Brandileone, Maria-Cristina C, Broughton, Karen, Campbell, Ruth, Cao, Bin, Casanova, Carlo, Choi, Eun Hwa, Chu, Yiu Wai, Clark, Stephen A, Claus, Heike, Coelho, Juliana, Corcoran, Mary, Cottrell, Simon, Cunney, Robert J, Dalby, Tine, Davies, Heather, de Gouveia, Linda, Deghmane, Ala-Eddine, Demczuk, Walter, Desmet, Stefanie, Drew, Richard J, du Plessis, Mignon, Erlendsdottir, Helga, Fry, Norman K, Fuursted, Kurt, Gray, Steve J, Henriques-Normark, Birgitta, Hale, Thomas, Hilty, Markus, Hoffmann, Steen, Humphreys, Hilary, Ip, Margaret, Jacobsson, Susanne, Johnston, Jillian, Kozakova, Jana, Kristinsson, Karl G, Krizova, Pavla, Kuch, Alicja, Ladhani, Shamez N, Lâm, Thiên-Trí, Lebedova, Vera, Lindholm, Laura, Litt, David J, Martin, Irene, Martiny, Delphine, Mattheus, Wesley, McElligott, Martha, Meehan, Mary, Meiring, Susan, Mölling, Paula, Morfeldt, Eva, Morgan, Julie, Mulhall, Robert M, Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen, Murdoch, David R, Murphy, Joy, Musilek, Martin, Mzabi, Alexandre, Perez-Argüello, Amaresh, Perrin, Monique, Perry, Malorie, Redin, Alba, Roberts, Richard, Roberts, Maria, Rokney, Assaf, Ron, Merav, Scott, Kevin J, Sheppard, Carmen L, Siira, Lotta, Skoczyńska, Anna, Sloan, Monica, Slotved, Hans-Christian, Smith, Andrew J, Song, Joon Young, Taha, Muhamed-Kheir, Toropainen, Maija, Tsang, Dominic, Vainio, Anni, van Sorge, Nina M, Varon, Emmanuelle, Vlach, Jiri, Vogel, Ulrich, Vohrnova, Sandra, von Gottberg, Anne, Zanella, Rosemeire C, Zhou, Fei

Source: In The Lancet Digital Health June 2021 3(6):e360-e370

Prevalence of pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization and serotypes circulating in Cameroonian children after the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction

Authors: Njuma Libwea, John, Gröndahl-Yli-Hannuksela, Kirsi, Kobela, Marie, Toropainen, Maija, Nyholm, Outi, Ndombo, Paul Koki, Koulla-Shiro, Sinata, Nohynek, Hanna, Nuorti, J. Pekka, Vuopio, Jaana, Palmu, Arto A.

Source: In International Journal of Infectious Diseases September 2020 98:113-120

Acute Bacterial, Nonnecrotizing Cellulitis in Finland: Microbiological Findings

Authors: Siljander, Tuula, Karppelin, Matti, Vähäkuopus, Susanna, Syrjänen, Jaana, Toropainen, Maija, Kere, Juha, Vuento, Risto, Jussila, Tapio, Vuopio-Varkila, Jaana

Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2008 Mar . 46(6), 855-861.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40307107

Passive protection in the infant rat protection assay by sera taken before and after vaccination of teenagers with serogroup B meningococcal outer membrane vesicle vaccines

Authors: Toropainen, Maija ^*, Saarinen, Leena, Wedege, Elisabeth, Bolstad, Karin, Mäkelä, P. Helena, Käyhty, Helena

Source: In Vaccine 2005 23(40):4821-4833

Probing the ability of the coat and vertex protein of the membrane-containing bacteriophage PRD1 to display a meningococcal epitope.

Authors: Huiskonen, Juha T., Laakkonen, Liisa, Toropainen, Maija

Source: Virology; June 5 2003, Vol. 310 Issue 2, p267-279, 13p

Murine monoclonal antibodies to PorA of Neisseria meningitidis show reduced protective activity in vivo against B:15:P1.7,16 subtype variants in an infant rat infection model

Authors: Toropainen, Maija, Saarinen, Leena, van der Ley, Peter, Kuipers, Betsy, Käyhty, Helena

Source: In Microbial Pathogenesis March 2001 30(3):139-148

Genomic Characterization of Invasive Meningococcal Serogroup B Isolates and Estimation of 4CMenB Vaccine Coverage in Finland.

Authors: Bodini, Margherita, Brozzi, Alessandro, Giuliani, Maria, Nohynek, Hanna, Vainio, Anni, Kuusi, Markku, De Paola, Rosita, Pizza, Mariagrazia, Medini, Duccio, Toropainen, Maija, Serino, Laura, Muzzi, Alessandro

Source: MSphere; Sep/Oct2020, Vol. 5 Issue 5, p1-11, 11p

The infant rat model adapted to evaluate human sera for protective immunity to group B meningococci

Authors: Toropainen, Maija ^*, Käyhty, Helena, Saarinen, Leena, Rosenqvist, Einar, Høiby, E.Arne, Wedege, Elisabeth, Michaelsen, Terje, Mäkelä, Pirjo Helena

Source: In Vaccine 1999 17(20):2677-2689

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Outbreak of invasive pneumococcal disease among shipyard workers, Turku, Finland, May to November 2019.

Authors: Linkevicius, Marius, Cristea, Veronica, Siira, Lotta, Mäkelä, Henna, Toropainen, Maija, Pitkäpaasi, Marjaana, Dub, Timothee, Nohynek, Hanna, Puumalainen, Taneli, Rintala, Esa, Laaksonen, Merja E., Feuth, Thijs, Grönroos, Juha O., Peltoniemi, Jutta, Frilander, Heikki, Lindström, Irmeli, Sane, Jussi

Source: Eurosurveillance (15607917); 12/5/2019, Vol. 24 Issue 49, p1-6, 6p, 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart, 1 Graph

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