Incidence, carriage and case-carrier ratios for meningococcal meningitis in the African meningitis belt: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Koutangni, Thibaut ^a,c   Maïnassara, Halima Boubacar ^b   Mueller, Judith E ^a,c  

^a EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^b Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey   (Niger)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CLASSIFICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SEASONS;

EID: 84922730894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116725     Document Type: Article

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