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doi: 10.1136/bmj.39409.673657.AE.
Viral meningitis
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- DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39409.673657.AE
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Viral meningitis
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Conflict of interest statement
Competing interests: EMM received sponsorship from Aventis Pasteur MSD towards conference attendance in 2002.
Figures
Fig 1 Notifications of viral meningitis for England and Wales compared with hospital episodes in England
Fig 2 Patient 2—zoster associated with varicella zoster virus meningitis
Comment in
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Diagnosing viral meningitis: Other important diagnoses must be excluded.BMJ. 2008 Jan 19;336(7636):110. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39458.446551.3A. BMJ. 2008. PMID: 18202044 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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