title: [Previous pathology in cases of invasive meningococcal disease in children under 5 years old].
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Epidemiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III y CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Israel John
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Thuissard
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, España. Electronic address: jvazquez@isciii.es.
authors.forename: Julio A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vázquez
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D059446:Heterotaxy Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology