Meningococcal disease in São Paulo, Brazil

NIPH Ann. 1991 Dec;14(2):215-6; discussion 216-8, 222-4.

Authors

W Costa¹, C T Sacchi, S Ramos, L Milagres, L S Prigenzi

Affiliation

¹ Center for Epidemiological Surveillance, São Paulo State, Brazil.

PMID: 1812434

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Antibody Formation
Bacterial Capsules
Bacterial Vaccines / immunology
Bacterial Vaccines / therapeutic use*
Brazil / epidemiology
Case-Control Studies
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Immunization / standards
Incidence
Infant
Meningococcal Infections / diagnosis
Meningococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Meningococcal Infections / prevention & control
Meningococcal Vaccines
Polysaccharides, Bacterial / immunology*
Serotyping
Urban Population

Substances

Bacterial Vaccines
Meningococcal Vaccines
Polysaccharides, Bacterial
capsular polysaccharide, meningococcal group B