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Risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children and adults with HIV in England: a population-based cohort study

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have identified HIV infection as a potential risk factor for invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), suggesting that HIV-infected individuals could benefit from meningococcal vaccination to reduce their risk of this rare, but severe and potentially fatal infection. In the Un...

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Autores principales: Simmons, Ruth D., Kirwan, Peter, Beebeejaun, Kazim, Riordan, Andrew, Borrow, Ray, Ramsay, Mary E., Delpech, Valerie, Lattimore, Samuel, Ladhani, Shamez
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/PMC4674945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26654248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0538-6