A hypothetical explanatory model for meningococcal meningitis in the African meningitis belt

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Mueller, Judith E ^a   Gessner, Bradford D ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Africa south of the Sahara; Disease outbreak; Meningococcal meningitis; Theoretical models

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HUMAN; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; AFRICA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

AFRICA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; RAIN;

EID: 77953285972     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.08.013     Document Type: Review

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