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标题：Meningococcal disease in Australia: 1997 and beyond
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作者：Bronwen Harvey
期刊名称：Communicable Diseases Intelligence
印刷版ISSN：1447-4514
电子版ISSN：1445-4866
出版年度：1998
卷号：22
期号：7
出版社：Government Department of Health and Ageing
摘要：In 1997, the death of a young western Australian womanmade meningococcal disease a media issue. Thepublication of horror stories of babies losing limbs createdpanic and the sense of an epidemic out of control. As wemove into the peak period for occurrence ofmeningococcal disease in 1998, it is timely to review the1997 data from the National Notifiable DiseasesSurveillance System (NNDSS) and to remind readers ofthe importance of early diagnosis and treatment in themanagement of meningococcal disease