epidemic meningitis

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

"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."

Under the second head belong epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis; epidemic meningitis; malignant meningitis; typhoid meningitis, etc.

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

By far the greatest number of the subjects of epidemic meningitis are young persons.