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Outbreaks of meningococcal meningitis in non-African countries over the last 50 years: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Meningococcal disease is caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis, leading to substantial mortality and severe morbidity; with serogroups A, B, C, W135, X and Y most significant in causing disease. An outbreak is defined as multiple cases of the same serogroup occurring in a populat...

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Autores principales: van Kessel, Femke, van den Ende, Caroline, Oordt-Speets, Anouk M, Kyaw, Moe H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Edinburgh University Global Health Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6441124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30937163
http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/jogh.09.010411