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8.7 • Biogeochemical Cycles 321<br />

Figure 8.27 (a) Neisseria meningitidis is a gram-negative diplococcus, as shown in this gram-stained sample. (b) The “meningitis<br />

belt” is the area of sub-Saharan Africa with high prevalence of meningitis caused by N. meningitidis. (credit a, b: modification of work<br />

by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)<br />

Go back to the previous Clinical Focus box.<br />

3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Meningococcal Disease in Other Countries.” http://www.cdc.gov/meningococcal/<br />

global.html. Accessed September 12, 2016.<br />

4 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Health Information for Travelers to the Gambia: Traveler View.”<br />

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/the-gambia. Accessed September 12, 2016.<br />

5 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Meningococcal: Who Needs to Be Vaccinated?” http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpdvac/mening/who-vaccinate.htm.<br />

Accessed September 12, 2016.

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