Open AccessRecent increase in meningococcal deaths in Scotland prompts call for vigilance
Author(s) -
Jim McMenamin,
Janice Mooney
Publication year - 2004
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.08.47.02589-en
Subject(s) - vigilance (psychology) , meningococcal disease , public health , medicine , medical emergency , psychology , neisseria meningitidis , nursing , neuroscience , biology , bacteria , genetics
Clinicians and the public in Scotland have been advised to be alert to cases of meningococal disease this winter, after a recent increase in cases was detected. This was the message from Health Protection Scotland