Meningococcal disease: history, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, antimicrobial susceptibility and prevention.

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  2006

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  Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.4103/0255-0857.19888PMID 16505549
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