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Definition and characterization of localised meningitis epidemics in Burkina Faso: a longitudinal retrospective study

BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of meningococcal meningitis in the African meningitis belt is characterised by seasonality, localised epidemics and epidemic waves. To facilitate research and surveillance, we aimed to develop a definition for localised epidemics to be used in real-time surveillance base...

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Autores principales: Tall, Haoua, Hugonnet, Stéphane, Donnen, Philippe, Dramaix-Wilmet, Michèle, Kambou, Ludovic, Drabo, Frank, Mueller, Judith E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3280175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22221583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-2