The epidemiology of meningococcal disease in India;L'épidémiologie des maladies à méningocoques en Inde

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1421-1435

  Sinclair, David ^a   Preziosi, Marie Pierre ^b   Jacob John, T ^a   Greenwood, Brian ^c  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology; India; Meningococcus

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DATABASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES; LITERATURE REVIEW; SEASONALITY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMBASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LABORATORY; MARKET; MEDLINE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NASOPHARYNX; PREVALENCE; SEASON; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP A; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; INDIA;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 78649686511     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02660.x     Document Type: Article

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