| Description |
viii, 316 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction and Historical Aspects / Keith Cartwright -- 2. Surface Structures and Secreted Products of Meningococci / J. T. Poolman, P. A. van der Ley and J. Tommassen -- 3. Mechanisms of Host Immunity / J. McLeod Griffiss -- 4. Pathogenesis of Meningococcal Infections / Petter Brandtzaeg -- 5. Meningococcal Carriage and Disease / Keith Cartwright -- 6. Epidemiology of Meningococcal Disease in Europe and the USA / Dennis Jones -- 7. Global Epidemiology of Meningococcal Disease / Mark Achtman -- 8. The Clinical Spectrum of Meningococcal Disease / Neil Steven and Martin Wood -- 9. Treatment of Meningococcal Disease in Childhood / Simon Nadel, Michael Levin and Parviz Habibi -- 10. Meningococcal Vaccines: Past, Present and Future / Carl E. Frasch -- 11. Outbreak Management / Norman Begg |
| Analysis |
Humans Meningitis |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Meningitis, Cerebrospinal.
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Meningitis, Meningococcal.
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Meningitis, Meningococcal.
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| Author |
Cartwright, Keith.
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| LC no. |
94032088 |
| ISBN |
0471952591 |
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9780471952596 |
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