Comparison of meningococcal disease surveillance systems - United States, 2005-2008

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 306-308

  Cohn, Amanda C ^a   MacNeil, Jessica ^a   Clark, Thomas A ^a   Tartof, Sara ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MANDATORY REPORTING; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NOTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862023027     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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