Meningococcal meningitis outbreak in Trinidad, 1998

European Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 49-53

  Chadee, Dave D ^a   Lee, Robert ^a   Ferdinand, Anthony ^a   Prabhakar, Parimi ^a   Clarke, Denise ^a   Jacob, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GPS GIS; Mortality; Neisseria meningitidis; Serogroup B outbreak; Surveillance; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEWBORN; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 34249110932     PISSN: 13043889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29333/ejgm/82377     Document Type: Article

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