Epidemiology of bacterial meningitis among children in Brazil, 1997-1998
OBJECTIVE: To document the incidence and the descriptive epidemiology of bacterial meningitis among individuals under age 20 in a geographically defined region in Brazil during the two-year period immediately preceding the introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccines into the nationa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
2001-01-01
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| Series: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102001000300006 |