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Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
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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 and treatment programmes. Methods The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors (GBD) 2016 study estimated meningitis burden due to one of four types of... Expand abstract
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- 10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30387-9
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- Elsevier
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- Lancet Neurology More from this journal
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 12
- Pages:
- 1061-1082
- Publication date:
- 2018-11-13
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- 2018-11-13
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1474-4422
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- 2018
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- Copyright © The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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