Meningococcal disease in Africa

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 777-785

  Hart, C A ^a   Cuevas, L E ^b  

^a Duncan Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEXAMETHASONE; PENICILLIN G; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KENYA; MENINGITIS; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RWANDA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; VACCINATION; ZAMBIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPUS; MENINGOCOCCUS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 0030711653     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813203     Document Type: Article

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