U.S. Military fatalities due to neisseria meningitidis : Case reports and historical perspective

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 308-311

  Keiser, Paul B ^a   Hamilton, Lanette ^b   Broderick, Michael ^c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952341134     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00283     Document Type: Article

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