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Letter

Response to the changing epidemiology of meningococcal disease in North America 1945-2010

Julie A. Bettinger Vaccine Evaluation Center; BC Children’s Hospital; University of British Columbia; Vancouver, BC CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
,
David W. Scheifele Vaccine Evaluation Center; BC Children’s Hospital; University of British Columbia; Vancouver, BC Canada
,
Scott A. Halperin Canadian Center for Vaccinology; IWK Health Center; Dalhousie University; Halifax, NS Canada
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Wendy Vaudry Stollery Children’s Hospital; University of Alberta; Edmonton, AB Canada
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Nicole Le Saux Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario; University of Ottawa; Ottawa, ON Canada
Pages 1323-1324 | Received 01 Feb 2013, Accepted 14 Feb 2013, Published online: 01 Mar 2013

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