BACTERIAL MENINGITIS IN SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA

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Gilsdorf, J. (Fresno County Health Department, 515 South Cedar, Fresno, CA 93702). Bacterial meningitis in southwestern Alaska. Am J Epidemiol 106:388–391, 1977. Between July 1, 1971, and June 30, 1974, thirty-nine cases of bacterial meningitis were diagnosed at the Alaska Native Health Service Hospital at Bethel, Alaska. Thirty-two (82%) occurred in infants less than one year of age. Haemophilus influenzae (H. influenzae) was the predominant causative agent, and was isolated from 23 (72%) of the 32 patients under one year of age. The annual incidence of H. influenzae meningitis in the Bethel area was 63/100, 000, and the annual incidence of H. Influenzae meningitis in children less than five years of age was 474/100, 000 cases.

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