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Editorial

The dynamic and changing epidemiology of meningococcal disease at the country-based level: the experience in Turkey

Ener Cagri Dinleyici Eskisehir Osmangazi Medical Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Eskisehir, Turkey. [email protected]
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Mehmet Ceyhan Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
Pages 515-518 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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