Timely detection of bacterial meningitis epidemics at district level: A study in three countries of the African Meningitis Belt

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-36

  Agier, Lydiane ^a,b   Broutin, Hélène ^c,d   Bertherat, Eric ^a   Djingarey, Mamoudou H ^e   Lingani, Clement ^e   Perea, William ^a   Hugonnet, Stèphane ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e World Health Organization Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Africa; Bacterial meningitis; Cluster analysis; Epidemic definition; Epidemic timing; Spatiotemporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; BURKINA FASO; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; MALI; NIGER;

BURKINA FASO; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALI; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NIGER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880472111     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trs010     Document Type: Article

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