Global epidemiology of meningococcal disease and vaccine efficacy.

BACKGROUND: Control of meningococcal infection has a high priority in many industrialized nations, because of the high mortality rates associated with invasive infection, the public health effects of disease outbreaks, and the position of Neisseria meningitidis as a leading infectious cause of deat...

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Main Author: Pollard, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004