Meningococcal disease in Norway 1980--83.
The development in the epidemiological patterns of meningococcal disease in Norway after 1979 is briefly described for the general and military population. With the high incidence levels which have lasted for about nine years, the situation may be described as Norway having experienced a shift in 1974 to a new endemic level. The predicted incidence for 1983 is higher than for any year since 1941.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008887:Military Medicine; D009664:Norway