Relationships between climate and year-to-year variability in meningitis outbreaks: A case study in Burkina Faso and Niger

BACKGROUND: Every year, West Africa is afflicted with Meningococcal Meningitis (MCM) disease outbreaks. Although the seasonal and spatial patterns of disease cases have been shown to be linked to climate, the mechanisms responsible for these patterns are still not well identified. RESULTS: A statist...

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Autores principales: Yaka, Pascal, Sultan, Benjamin, Broutin, Hélène, Janicot, Serge, Philippon, Solenne, Fourquet, Nicole
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2504476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18597686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-7-34

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2504476/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18597686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-7-34

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