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Burden of bacterial meningitis in India: Preliminary data from a hospital based sentinel surveillance network

BACKGROUND: Worldwide, acute bacterial meningitis is a major cause of high morbidity and mortality among under five children, particularly in settings where vaccination for H. influenzae type b, S. pneumoniae and N. meningitidis is yet to be introduced in the national immunization programs. Estimati...

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Autores principales: Jayaraman, Yuvaraj, Veeraraghavan, Balaji, Chethrapilly Purushothaman, Girish Kumar, Sukumar, Bharathy, Kangusamy, Boopathi, Nair Kapoor, Ambujam, Gupta, Nivedita, Mehendale, Sanjay Madhav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5955554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29768458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197198