Childhood bacterial meningitis in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2002-2004

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Mendsaikhan, Jamsran ^a   Watt, James P ^c,f   Mansoor, Osman ^a   Suvdmaa, Nyam ^b   Edmond, Karen ^d   Litt, David J ^e   Nymadawa, Pagvajav ^b   Baoping, Yang ^a   Altantsetseg, Dorjpurev ^b   Slack, Mary ^e  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Health   (Mongolia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f Building P ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HAEMOPHILUS MENINGITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONGOLIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MONGOLIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 61849146230     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596493     Document Type: Article

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