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International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:578-579
© International Epidemiological Association 2001

Infectious Disease

Commentary: Should programmes for community-level meningococcal vaccination be considered in Australia—an economic evaluation

R Heyderman

The meningococcus, causing meningitis and septicaemia, is a leading infectious cause of childhood death in industrialized countries and results in major epidemics in the countries of the ‘Meningitis Belt’ of sub-Saharan Africa.1,2 Outbreaks of meningococcal infection in Northern Europe, some areas of the United States and more recently New Zealand3 have heightened the sense of alarm expressed by both the public, the press and the health care professions. This undercurrent has resulted in considerable pressure on national . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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