Priority during a meningitis epidemic: Vaccination or treatment?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-141

  Veeken, H ^a   Ritmeijer, K ^a   Hausman, B ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NIGERIA; VACCINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NIGERIA; VACCINATION;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0031777690     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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