Frequency of lymphocytic meningitis associated with mumps before and after a mass campaign for mumps vaccination in children from Salvador, Northeast Brazil

Frequency of lymphocytic meningitis associated with mumps before and after a mass campaign for mumps vaccination in children from Salvador, Northeast Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To describe the frequency of lymphocytic meningitis(LM) concomitant with mumps, before and after the mumps mass immunization campaign in 1997. METHOD: Demographic, clinical and cerebrospinal fluid(CSF) information was collected from the chart of all patients aged from 2 to 59 months, whos...

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Main Authors: Nascimento-Carvalho Cristiana M., Moreno-Carvalho Otávio A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2003-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
meningitis
mumps
immunization
cerebrospinal fluid
lymphocytic meningitis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2003000500005

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