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February 14, 2003
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Meningitis Kills Some 200 in Northern Nigeria"
Agence France Presse (www.afp.com/english/home) (02/13/03)
An outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria's northern Zamfara State has taken the lives of approximately 200 people, according to reports. Health workers have been sent to the area with vaccines to help stem the spread of the disease.
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