Meningococcal Disease (Methods in Molecular Medicine)
Contributors: Andrew J. Pollard (Editor); Martin C.J. Maiden (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Humana Press; Humana
Published: August 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 744
ISBN-13: 9780896038493
Subjects: Infectious & contagious diseases; Microorganisms; Medical; Neisseria meningitidis; Infectious Diseases; Medical / Nursing; Microbiology; Meningitis, Meningococcal; Laboratory Medicine; Neurology - General; Medical / Infectious Diseases; Molecular aspects; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; diagnosis; Laboratory manuals; Meningitis
First sentence: In 1887, Anton Weichselbaum, a Viennese doctor, was the first to report the isolation of meningococci from patients with meningitis (1).