| epidemiological profile of meningococcal disease in the state of minas gerais and in the central, north, and triângulo mineiro regions, brazil, during 2000-2009. | infection by neisseria meningitidis, termed as meningococcal disease, can cause meningococcal meningitis and septicemia with or without meningitis. meningococcal disease is endemic in brazil and has a high potential to cause large-scale epidemics; therefore, it requires the immediate notification of cases to the information system for notifiable diseases (sinan) in brazil. the aim of this study was to describe an epidemiological profile using data from notified and confirmed cases in the state o ... | 2012 | 22760132 |