0 caused by or relating to the bacteria involved in some forms of meningitis and some other similar infections:
A more rigorous analysis of the epidemiological impact of vaccination for meningococcal disease is essential for proper health economic estimates.
Factors preceding the onset of meningococcal disease, with special emphasis on passive smoking, stressful events, physical fitness, symptoms of ill health.
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The age distribution of cases was consistent with that previously observed in meningococcal disease epidemics.
Meningococcal infections : reducing the case fatality rate by giving penicillin before admission to hospital.
If recolonization occurs preferentially with acapsulate (and thus putatively avirulent) isolates, there may be implications for control of community outbreaks of meningococcal disease.
A higher proportion of first year undergraduate residents was associated with an increased incidence of invasive meningococcal disease.
We conclude that influenza infection may be one of a variety of infections which sometimes precede and possibly facilitate invasive meningococcal infection.
