The new features of meningococcal meningitis (author's transl)

According to a previous pattern epidemics of meningococcal meningitis (MM) were localized in North tropical Africa, caused by A serotype, easily treated with sulfanilamides and prevented by a polyosidic vaccine, A type. Changes have occured : epidemics in Finland and Brazil, with an African A type g...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Médecine tropicale 1978-01, Vol.38 (1), p.9-12
1. Verfasser:	Lapeyssonnie, L
Format:	Magazinearticle
Sprache:	fre
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Africa Bacterial Vaccines - administration & dosage Child Child, Preschool Humans Meningitis, Meningococcal - epidemiology Meningitis, Meningococcal - prevention & control Vaccination
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Zusammenfassung:	According to a previous pattern epidemics of meningococcal meningitis (MM) were localized in North tropical Africa, caused by A serotype, easily treated with sulfanilamides and prevented by a polyosidic vaccine, A type. Changes have occured : epidemics in Finland and Brazil, with an African A type germ, in place of the American, sulfa-resistant, C type; outburst of epidemics in South tropical Africa; presence of C type in Tchad, Niger and Nigeria. In the same time dramatic evolutions due to endotoxinic processes and drug-resistances are more frequently observed.
ISSN:	0025-682X