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epidemic meningitis

noun

  1. another name for cerebrospinal meningitis
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In Burkina Faso, epidemic meningitis A has been eliminated because of the vaccine, and other countries are poised for the same success.

From Forbes

"We have herd immunity ... and we can also show that after introduction in Burkina Faso, we saw the lowest level of epidemic meningitis in 15 years."

From Reuters

It does not seem difficult to reconcile the conflicting statements now given of the condition of the blood in epidemic meningitis.

The pituitary type is more liable to epidemic meningitis and infantile paralysis, typhoid and scarlet fever.

Common sense has also proved stronger than theory in excluding mercurials from the treatment of epidemic meningitis.

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