Where is the meningitis belt? Defining an area at risk of epidemic meningitis in Africa
- 1 May 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 96 (3) , 242-249
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90089-1
Abstract
Mapping an area at risk of epidemics of meningococcal meningitis in Africa has significant implications for their prevention and case treatment, throKeywords
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