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2 European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC). Surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases in Europe 2014. Disponibil la: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/
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4 World Health Organization. Meningococcal meningitis, fact sheet No.141. Disponibil la: www.who.int/mediacentre/
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5 Memish ZA, Goubeaud A, Bröker M, Malerczyk C, Shibl AM. Invasive meningococcal disease and travel. J Infect Pub Health. 2010; 3: 143-151. Disponibil la: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/
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6 MacLennan J, Kafatos G, Neal K, et al. Social Behavior and Meningococcal Carriage in British Teenagers. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006; 12(6): 950-957. Disponibil la: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/
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7 European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC). Surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases in Europe 2014. Disponibil la: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/
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8 Choi C. Bacterial Meningitis in Aging Adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2001; 33(8): 1380-1385. Disponibil la: http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/
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10 European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC). Surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases in Europe 2014. Disponibil la: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/
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11 Meningitis Research Foundation. Meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia factsheet. 2013. Disponibil la: https://www.meningitis.org/getmedia/
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12 NICE. Meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal septicaemia in under 16s: recognition, diagnosis and management. Guidance. Disponibil la: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/
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14 World Health Organization. Meningococcal meningitis, fact sheet No.141. Disponibil la: www.who.int/mediacentre/
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15 European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC). Surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases in Europe 2014. Disponibil la: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/
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16 World Health Organization. Meningococcal meningitis, fact sheet No.141. Disponibil la: www.who.int/mediacentre/
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17 Christensen H, May M, Bowen L, Hickman M, Trotter CL. Meningococcal carriage by age: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2010; 10(12): 853–861. Disponibil la: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
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18 MacLennan J, Kafatos G, Neal K, et al. Social Behavior and Meningococcal Carriage in British Teenagers. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006; 12(6): 950-957. Disponibil la: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
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21 Memish ZA, Goubeaud A, Bröker M, Malerczyk C, Shibl AM. Invasive meningococcal disease and travel. J Infect Pub Health. 2010; 3: 143-151. Disponibil la: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/
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22 Thompson MJ, Ninis N, Perera R, et al. Clinical recognition of meningococcal disease in children and adolescents. Lancet. 2006; 367(9508): 397–403. Disponibil la: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
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26 New Zealand Ministry of Health. Meningococcal Disease Questions and Answers. 2017. Disponibil la: https://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/
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27 Meningococcal disease outbreak related to the World Scout Jamboree in Japan, 2015. Disponibil la: http://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/
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28 Choi C. Bacterial Meningitis in Aging Adults. Clin Infect Dis. 2001; 33(8): 1380-1385. Disponibil la: http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/33/8/1380.full. Accesat la 24 Septembrie 2019.

29 Meningitis Research Foundation. Meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia factsheet. 2013. Disponibil la: https://www.meningitis.org/getmedia/
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30 World Health Organization. Meningococcal meningitis, fact sheet No.141. Disponibil la: www.who.int/mediacentre/
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31 European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC). Surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases in Europe 2014. Disponibil la: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/
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32 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2017 Meningococcal Disease. Disponibil la: https://www.cdc.gov/
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33 World Health Organization. Meningococcal vaccines, November 2011. Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2011; 86(47): 521–540. Disponibil la: http://www.who.int/wer/
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35 World Health Organization. Meningococcal meningitis, fact sheet No.141. Disponibil la: www.who.int/mediacentre/
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36 European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC). Surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases in Europe 2014. Disponibil la: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/
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38 European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC). Surveillance of invasive bacterial diseases in Europe 2014. Disponibil la: http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/
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39 World Health Organization. Meningococcal meningitis, fact sheet No.141. Disponibil la: www.who.int/mediacentre/
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40 MacLennan J, Kafatos G, Neal K, et al. Social Behavior and Meningococcal Carriage in British Teenagers. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006; 12(6): 950-957. Disponibil la: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
pmc/articles/PMC3373034/. Accesat la 24 Septembrie 2019.

41 Memish ZA, Goubeaud A, Bröker M, Malerczyk C, Shibl AM. Invasive meningococcal disease and travel. J Infect Pub Health. 2010; 3: 143-151. Disponibil la: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/
article/pii/S187603411000078X?np=y. Accesat la 24 Septembrie 2019 .