Influence of climate upon the meningitis onset in West Africa;Influence du climat sur la survenue des épidémies de méningite en Afrique de l'ouest

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 470-471

  Sultan, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMMUNITY; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NOTE;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 18844432846     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2005215470     Document Type: Note

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