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Reports outline meningitis research from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Published in Vaccine Weekly, December 15th, 2010

2010 DEC 15 -- Investigators publish new data in the report 'Prospective cohort study of disabling sequelae and quality of life in children with bacterial meningitis in urban senegal.' According to recent research from London, the United Kingdom, "No studies have prospectively examined disabling sequelae and quality of life in children with bacterial meningitis in Sub-Saharan Africa. Objectives were to (i) follow-up pediatric bacterial meningitis surveillance system children from urban Dakar, Senegal; (ii) use standardized tools to classify disabling sequelae (Global Burden of Disease classification system) and quality of life (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory tool); and...

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