Comparative study of meningitis dynamics across nine African countries: A global perspective

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Broutin, Hélène ^a   Philippon, Solenne ^b   Constantin de Magny, Guillaume ^c   Courel, Marie Françoise ^b   Sultan, Benjamin ^d   Guégan, Jean François ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AFRICA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIODICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STATISTICS; VACCINATION;

AFRICA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; PERIODICITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 34547742155     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-6-29     Document Type: Article

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