Editorial for the Special Issue: Bacterial Meningitis-Epidemiology and Vaccination
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Editorial for the Special Issue: Bacterial Meningitis-Epidemiology and Vaccination
Abstract
Bacterial meningitis has serious health, economic, and social consequences with a high risk of death and lifelong disability [...].
Conflict of interest statement
The author was employed as a consultant by WHO to help develop the meningitis roadmap.
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