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bacterial meningitis in navojo indians.an analysis of 219 confirmed cases of bacterial meningitis among navajo indians during a 5-year period, july 1, 1968, through june 30, 1973, revealed that 56 percent were caused by haemophilus influenzae, 26 percent by neisseria meningitidis, 6 percent by mycobacterium tuberculosis, and 6 percent by other organisms. the annual incidence of h. influenzae meningitis (17.7 per 100,000 persons) and that of pneumococcal meningitis (8.0 per 100,000) were much higher than the rates for these diseases r ...1976824672
use of hospital discharge data to evaluate notifiable disease reporting to colorado's electronic disease reporting system.notifiable disease surveillance systems are critical for communicable disease control, and accurate and timely reporting of hospitalized patients who represent the most severe cases is important. a local health department in metropolitan denver used inpatient hospital discharge (ihd) data to evaluate the sensitivity, timeliness, and data quality of reporting eight notifiable diseases to the colorado electronic disease reporting system (cedrs).201121337935
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