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Invasive meningococcal capsular group Y disease, England and Wales, 2007-2009.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2012
Ladhani Shamez N, Lucidarme Jay, Newbold Lynne S, Gray Stephen J, Carr Anthony D, Findlow Jamie, Ramsay Mary E, Kaczmarski Edward B, Borrow Raymond
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Enhanced national surveillance for invasive meningococcal disease in England and Wales identified an increase in laboratory-confirmed capsular group Y (MenY) disease from 34 cases in 2007 to 44 in 2008 and 65 in 2009. For cases diagnosed in 2009, patient median age at disease onset was 60 years;...
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