A Comprehensive Review of Meningococcal Disease Burden in India

Abstract Introduction Meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis has a high case fatality rate. Of 12 distinct serogroups, A, B, C, W-135 (W) and Y cause the majority of infections. The meningococcal disease burden and epidemiology in India are not reliably known. Hence, we performed a n...

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Main Authors: Ashok Kumar Dutta, Subramanian Swaminathan, Veronique Abitbol, Shafi Kolhapure, Sripriya Sathyanarayanan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Adis, Springer Healthcare 2020-07-01
Series:Infectious Diseases and Therapy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s40121-020-00323-4