Disco fever: Epidemic meningococcal disease in Northeastern Argentina associated with disco patronage

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 266-269

  Cookson, Susan Temporado ^a   Corrales, José L ^b   Lotero, José O ^b   Regueira, Mabel ^b   Binsztein, Norma ^b   Reeves, Michael W ^b   Ajello, Gloria ^b   Jarvis, William R ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGITIS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0031869243     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517450     Document Type: Article

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