Invited Seminar: Meningococcal disease: still with us – but for how long?

Friday, 10 July 2026, 9.30am to 10.30am

Invasive meningococcal disease, including meningococcal meningitis, has been a much-feared infection for at least 200 years, often associated with unpredictable outbreaks. Over the past 40 years, vaccination and changes in human behaviour have reduced its incidence in many countries including the UK; however, as the Kent outbreak in March 2026 showed, it still has the capacity to surprise and concern us. This lecture will explore the, apparently paradoxical, natural history of the meningococcus and how this helps us to understand and combat the disease it causes.

Speaker(s): Martin Maiden (Professor of Molecular Epidemiology, Head of Department. Department of Biology, University of Oxford)

Venue: Henry Wellcome Building Rooms A & B - Room A+B Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics Headington Oxford Oxfordshire OX3 7BN United Kingdom

Department: Medical Sciences (Division)

Organiser: Delia O'Rourke

Host: Delia O'Rourke

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