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Title: Bacterial meningitis in adults.(THE EFFECTIVE PHYSICIAN)
Author: William E. Golden
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2004
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Title: Second teen develops meningitis.(Health)(While friends and family remember a boy who died last week, a girl in an apparently unrelated case is hospitalized)
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Title: Concert hall tries to tone down fears of disease.(Health)(Officials say a woman who fell ill Friday likely does not have bacterial meningitis)
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Chapters: 2009-2010 West African Meningitis Outbreak, 2009 West Africa Floods, Burkina Faso at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 2009-2010 West African meningitis outbreak is an epidemic of bacterial meningitis which has been occurring in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria since January 2009, an annual risk in the African meningitis belt. A total of 13,516 people have been infected with meningitis, and 931 have died. Nigeria has been the most adversely affected, with over half of the total cases and deaths occurring in the nation. The WHO reported Mar 27 that 1,100 had died and there were 25,000 suspected cases. It is the worst outbreak in the region since 1996, and a third of the world's emergency vaccine stockpile for the bacterial form has been consumed. The GAVI Alliance has been trying to secure more vaccines. Demography of meningococcal meningitis. meningitis belt epidemic zones sporadic cases onlyWest Africa is struck by an annual meningitis epidemic, usually affecting between 25,000 and 200,000 inhabitants. However, the current epidemic has been the deadliest outbreak since 1996. That year meningitis infected over 100,000 people and killed 10,000 during a three-month period. According to doctorswithoutborders.org, Up to 400 vaccination teams of five people each immunized thousands of people every day in the region for a few weeks. In total, 2.8 million people were vaccinated in Zinder, Maradi, and Dosso regions in Niger, and 4.5 million people in Katsina, Jigawa, Bauchi, Kebbi, Sokoto, Niger, Zamfara, Kaduna, and Gombe States in Nigeria. Vaccination campaigns continue at some sites in Nigeria for a total of 255,000 people. The outbreak has affected four departments in Burkina Faso: Bati...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21987093 ... Read more

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Title: Otogenic Fusobacterium meningitis, sepsis, and mastoiditis in an adolescent.(Case Report)
Author: Alan Morrison
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2004
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Title: Pneumococcal vaccine should be a priority for cochlear implant patients; high risk of bacterial meningitis.(Infections Diseases)
Author: Miriam E. Tucker
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2003
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Title: Iowa student dies of meningitis.
Publication: Community College Week (Newspaper)
Date: April 26, 2004
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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on December 15, 2002. The length of the article is 815 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: West Nile neuropathology takes three forms. (Meningitis, Encephalitis, Flaccid Paralysis).
Author: Miriam E. Tucker
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 15, 2002
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 35Issue: 24Page: 34(1)

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1892Original Publisher: George S. DavisSubjects: MeningitisMeningitis, CerebrospinalNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or an index.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Title: Delaying bacterial meningitis therapy can be fatal; start antibiotics before diagnostic tests.
Author: Bruce Jancin
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 15, 2003
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 36Issue: 22Page: 1(2)

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Title: WBC count unreliable in meningitis diagnosis.(Infectious Diseases)
Author: Nancy A. Melville
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Date: September 1, 2004
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Volume: 38Issue: 9Page: 11(1)

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Title: Meningitis incidence on the rise among teens, young adults. (24% of Cases Occur in 15- to 24-Year-Olds).
Author: Erik L. Goldman
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Date: September 1, 2002
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