Tag: Andreea-Waltmann

Recent studies in humans and mice have found that meningococcal outer membrane vesicle-containing vaccines (OMV) induce cross-species immune responses against gonococci and are associated with protection. To study this, Andreea Waltmann, PhD, immunized mice with two meningococcal OMV-containing vaccines known to accelerate clearance of N. gonorrhoeae, 4CMenB and OMV from...

Recently published in eBioMedicine, this study represents the work of the late Professor Steve Meshnick who served as mentor to Andreea Waltmann, a postdoctoral scholar with the Institute for Global Health & Infectious Diseases. Dr. Meshnick died August 5, 2020.  Malaria in pregnancy (MiP) is a major public health problem with substantial risks for mothers...