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Global epidemiology of meningococcal disease and vaccine efficacy
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Background: Control of meningococcal infection has a high priority in many industrialized nations, because of the high mortality rates associated with invasive infection, the public health effects of disease outbreaks, and the position of Neisseria meningitidis as a leading infectious cause of death in childhood. Throughout the past 200 years, epidemics of meningococcal infection have been noted in Europe, Africa, Asia, the United States, and New Zealand. The proportions of cases cau...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1097/01.inf.0000147642.85129.05
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+ Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
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http://www.pids.org/
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- Publisher:
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Paediatric Infectious Disease Journal Journal website
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 12
- Pages:
- S274-S279
- Publication date:
- 2004-12-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1532-0987
- ISSN:
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0891-3668
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- English
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- Copyright date:
- 2004
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