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Invasive meningococcal disease in England: assessing disease burden through linkage of multiple national data sources

BACKGROUND: In England, Public Health England conducts enhanced surveillance of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). The continuing decline in reported IMD cases has raised concerns that the MRU may be underestimating true IMD incidence. METHODS: We linked five national datasets to estimate disease...

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Autores principales: Ladhani, Shamez N, Waight, Pauline A, Ribeiro, Sonia, Ramsay, Mary E
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/PMC4667514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26626321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1247-7