Meningitis epidemics shift in sub-Saharan belt

Meningococcal meningitis (MCM) poses a serious threat to public health in Africa. Epidemics appear irregularly every 5–12 years, especially in the regions across sub-Saharan ‘meningitis belt’. This study investigated the long-term spatiotemporal dynamics of MCM. It appears that dominant epidemic out...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shi Zhao, Qianying Lin, Daihai He, Lewi Stone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218300213