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 an...

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Autores:

Zunt, Joseph Raymond
Kassebaum, Nicholas J
Blake, Natacha
Glennie, Linda
Wright, Claire
Nichols, Emma
Abd-Allah, Foad
Abdela, Jemal
Abdelalim, Ahmed
Alvis-Guzman, Nelson

Tipo de recurso:

Article of journal

Fecha de publicación:

2018

Institución:

Corporación Universidad de la Costa

Repositorio:

REDICUC - Repositorio CUC

Idioma:

eng

OAI Identifier:

oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/4772

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/11323/4772
https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/

Palabra clave:

Meningitis aguda
Letalidad
Alta tasa
Discapacidad severa
Acute meningitis
Lethality
High rate
Severe disability

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openAccess

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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International