Meningococcal meningitis in Mali: a long-term study of persistence and spread

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 103-109

  Philippon, Solenne ^a   Broutin, Hélène ^b   Constantin de Magny, Guillaume ^c   Toure, Kandioura ^d   Diakite, Cheick Hamala ^e   Fourquet, Nicole ^a   Courel, Marie Françoise ^a   Sultan, Benjamin ^f   Guégan, Jean François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d DNS DE   (Mali)

^e INSTITUT D'ECONOMIE RURALE   (Mali)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mali; Meningococcal meningitis; Persistence; Spread

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MALI; POPULATION SIZE;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALI; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 58049216302     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.05.1223     Document Type: Article

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