Epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in Austria 2010

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 10-14

  Steindl, Georg ^a   Liu, Yu Lun ^a   Schmid, Daniela ^a   Orendi, Ulrike ^a   Kormann Klement, Andrea ^a   Heuberger, Sigrid ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Epidemiology; Meningococci; Serogroup; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; VACCINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655191971     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: 16137671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-011-0058-0     Document Type: Article

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