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Research Paper

Clinically based surveillance of invasive meningococcal disease in young children admitted to selected US hospitals between January 2000 and June 2009

A retrospective cohort study

Ariel Berger Policy Analysis Inc.; Brookline, MA USA
,
Stephen I. Pelton Boston Medical Center; Boston, MA USA
,
Jerome O. Klein Boston Medical Center; Boston, MA USA
,
Jeffrey J. Stoddard Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics; Cambridge, MA USA
,
John Edelsberg Policy Analysis Inc.; Brookline, MA USA
&
Gerry Oster Policy Analysis Inc.; Brookline, MA USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 384-389 | Published online: 14 Feb 2012

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