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. 1989 Apr;2(Suppl):S118–S124. doi: 10.1128/cmr.2.suppl.s118

Global epidemiology of meningococcal disease.

B Schwartz 1, P S Moore 1, C V Broome 1
PMCID: PMC358088  PMID: 2655881

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