Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.

Background: Acute meningitis has a high case-fatality rate and survivors can have severe lifelong disability. We aimed to provide a comprehensive assessment of the levels and trends of global meningitis burden that could help to guide introduction, continuation, and ongoing development of vaccines a...

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Publicado en:Lancet Neurology Vol. 17; no. 12; pp. 1061 - 1083
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Dec2018
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