Increased incidence of invasive meningococcal disease in Seine-Maritime. The evolving epidemiology due to the B:14:P1.7,16 strain;Hyperendémie des infections à méningocoque en Seine-Maritime. Évolution de l'épidémiologie liée à la souche B:14: P1.7,16

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 537-540

  Parent du Chatelet I ^a   Taha, M K ^b   Sesboue C ^c   Rouaud, P ^d   Perrocheau, A ^a   Levy Bruhl D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b World Health Organisation Collaborating Center for Foodborne Listeriosis   (France)

^c Direction Départementale des Affaires Sanitaires et Sociales de Seine Maritime   (France)

^d Cellule inter régionale d'epidemiologie de Haute Normandie   (France)

Author keywords

Meningococcal infections; Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B; Outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FRANCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP B;

EID: 34249320457     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2007.02.038     Document Type: Article

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