Meningococcal meningitis surveillance in the African Meningitis Belt, 2004-2013

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue , 2015, Pages S410-S415

  Lingani, Clément ^a   Bergeron Caron, Cassi ^b   Stuart, James M ^c   Fernandez, Katya ^a   Djingarey, Mamoudou H ^a   Ronveaux, Olivier ^a   Schnitzler, Johannes C ^a   Perea, William A ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; meningitis; surveillance

Indexed keywords

MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BENIN; BURKINA FASO; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHAD; CONGO; COTE D'IVOIRE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FATALITY; GHANA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALI; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS GROUP A; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS GROUP W; NIGER; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TOGO; VACCINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MORTALITY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 84947587302     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ597     Document Type: Article

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