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Meningococcal disease before and after the introduction of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine. Federal District, Brazil.
The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Tauil Márcia de Cantuária, Carvalho Cleidiane Santos Rodrigues de, Vieira Ataiza César, Waldman Eliseu Alves
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To analyze the behavior of meningococcal disease in the Federal District, Brazil, from 2005 to 2011, and to assess the direct impact of the meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccine. METHODS: A descriptive study of cases of meningococcal disease among residents of the Federal District. We included in the study confirmed cases of meningococcal disease reported to the local surveillance. To reduce...
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