Seasonality of meningitis in Africa and climate forcing: Aerosols stand out

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 79, 2013, Pages

  Agier, L ^a,b   Deroubaix, A ^c,d   Martiny, N ^c   Yaka, P ^e   Djibo, A ^f   Broutin, H ^g  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^e Direction Générale de la Météorologie DGM   (Burkina Faso)

^f Ministry of Health   (Niger)

^g University de Montpellier   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate and dust; Meningitis; Phase analysis; Seasonality; Wavelet methods

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY;

AFRICA; MENINGITIS; PHASE ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; WAVELET METHODS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FORECASTING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MENINGITIS; NIGER; PERIODICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WIND; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; INCIDENCE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SEASON; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

MINERAL;

AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MINERALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NIGER; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872230162     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0814     Document Type: Article

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