Association of respiratory tract infection symptoms and air humidity with meningococcal carriage in Burkina Faso

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1543-1552

  Mueller, Judith E ^a   Yaro, Seydou ^b   Madec, Yoann ^c   Somda, Paulin K ^b   Idohou, Régina S ^a   Njanpop Lafourcade, Berthe Marie ^a   Drabo, Aly ^b   Tarnagda, Zekiba ^d   Sangaré, Lassana ^e   Traoré, Yves ^f   Fontanet, Arnaud ^c   Gessner, Bradford D ^a  

^a Agence de Medecine Preventive   (France)

^b CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante   (Burkina Faso)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE YALGADO OUÉDRAOGO   (Burkina Faso)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Africa; Carrier state; Disease outbreaks; Neisseria meningitidis; Respiratory tract infections; Risk factors; Weather

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE;

DISEASE SPREAD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH RISK; HUMIDITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHARYNGITIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; THROAT CULTURE; TONSILLITIS; VIRUS CARRIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP A; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

JOTURUS PICHARDI; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 56849112213     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02165.x     Document Type: Article

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