New guidelines for management and prevention of meningococcal disease in Australia. Meningococcal Disease Working Party of the National Health and Medical Research Council.

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Published in Med J Aust on June 02, 1997

Authors

M S Patel1, P J Collignon, C R Watson, R J Condon, R R Doherty, A Merianos, G J Stewart

Author Affiliations

1: National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra. msp868@nceph.anu.edu.au

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