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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
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 37Issue: 23Page: 51(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
Publication: Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2002
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 35Issue: 17Page: 30(1)

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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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Date: September 29, 2003
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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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Date: October 4, 2003
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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
Publisher: Southern Medical Association
Volume: 97Issue: 4Page: 416(3)

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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
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 36Issue: 15Page: 44(1)

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Title: Iowa student dies of meningitis.
Publication: Community College Week (Newspaper)
Date: April 26, 2004
Publisher: Cox, Matthews & Associates
Volume: 16Issue: 19Page: 16(1)

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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
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Chapters: Amedeo Modigliani, Ram Mohan Roy, Unity Mitford, George Reynolds, Voltairine de Cleyre, Brook Benton, Wayne A. Downing, James Phillips, Srečko Kosovel, Grace Dyer Taylor, Dennis Miller Bunker, Saud Memon, Joseph Graybill, Addie Joss, Langdon Brown Gilkey, Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, Princess Johanna of Hesse and by Rhine, Muriel Byck, Edward Hartwick, Homer Smoot, Susy Clemens, Yuriko Miyamoto, Ivan Toms, Yvonne Vera, Charles Eliot, Chūya Nakahara, Hashiguchi Goyō, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, Prince Sigismund of Prussia, Lafayette C. Baker, Makobo Modjadji, Jan Mark, Anne de Guigne, Ludwig Schnorr Von Carolsfeld, Frank Tenney Johnson, Benedict Wallet Vilakazi, Larry Parnes, Edgar Wilson Nye, James "Grizzly" Adams, Len Hodges, Julius Schreck, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Mike Leadbitter, Stephen J. Hay, Robert Kramer, Maximilian Kronberger, Clara Maffei, Marjorie Fleming, Alexander Slobodyanik, Gabriel Tiacoh, Nick Duncombe, John Harron, John Barry, Wayne Lum, Darrin Morris, Eric Heineman, Rufus Mayes, Jimmy Munro, Mike Morgan. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 245. 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: Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (July 12, 1884 January 24, 1920) was an Italian artist who worked mainly in France. Primarily a figurative artist, he became known for paintings and sculptures in a modern style characterized by mask-like faces and elongation of form. He died in Paris of tubercular meningitis, exacerbated by poverty, overwork, and addiction to alcohol and narcotics. Modigliani birthplace in LivornoModigliani was born into a Jewish family in Livorno, Italy. A port city, Livorno had long served as a refuge for those persecuted for their religion, and was home to a large Jewish community. His maternal great-great-grandfather, Solomon Garsi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=62016 ... Read more

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Title: WBC count unreliable in meningitis diagnosis.(Infectious Diseases)
Author: Nancy A. Melville
Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2004
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 38Issue: 9Page: 11(1)

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Title: Infliximab-induced headache and infliximab-induced meningitis: two ends of the same spectrum?(Case Report)
Author: Nikita Hegde
Publication: Southern Medical Journal (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2005
Publisher: Southern Medical Association
Volume: 98Issue: 5Page: 564(3)

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