Incidence of bacterial meningitis (2001-2005) in Lazio, Italy: The results of a integrated surveillance system

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Giorgi Rossi, Paolo ^a   Mantovani, Jessica ^a   Ferroni, Eliana ^a   Forcina, Antonio ^b   Stanghellini, Elena ^b   Curtale, Filippo ^a   Borgia, Piero ^a  

^a Agency for Public Health   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS IMMUNIZATION; MORBIDITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEWBORN; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61449127417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-13     Document Type: Article

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