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Public health management of invasive meningococcal disease in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 2012: adherence to guidance and estimation of resources required as determined in a survey of local health authorities

BACKGROUND: Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) incidence in Germany is low, but management of contacts to prevent subsequent cases still requires resources. Local public health authorities (LHA) advise antibiotic post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and vaccination to close contacts as defined in natio...

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Autores principales: Murajda, Lukas, Aichinger, Elisabeth, Pfaff, Guenter, Hellenbrand, Wiebke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4404001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25881238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1693-6