epidemic meningitis
Britishnoun
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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
Von Ziemssen regards chronic hydrocephalus as not a rare consequence of epidemic meningitis, and as one not absolutely or immediately fatal.
From Project Gutenberg
The pituitary type is more liable to epidemic meningitis and infantile paralysis, typhoid and scarlet fever.
From Project Gutenberg
PROGNOSIS.—In the section relating to the mortality of epidemic meningitis it has been seen that its death-rate varies at different times and places between widely remote extremes.
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