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Pneumococcal meningitis outbreak and associated factors in six districts of Brong Ahafo region, Ghana, 2016

BACKGROUND: Meningitis, a disease of the Central Nervous System is described as inflammation of the covering of the brain and spinal cord (meninges). It is characterised by fever, severe headache, nausea, vomiting, stiff neck, photophobia, altered consciousness, convulsion/seizures and coma. In Dece...

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Autores principales:	Letsa, Timothy, Noora, Charles Lwanga, Kuma, George Khumalo, Asiedu, Ernest, Kye-Duodu, Gideon, Afari, Edwin, Kuffour, Osei Afreh, Opare, Joseph, Nyarko, Kofi Mensah, Ameme, Donne Kofi, Bachan, Emmanuel G., Issah, Kofi, Aseidu-Bekoe, Franklin, Aikins, Moses, Kenu, Ernest
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2018
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013862/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29929517 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5529-z

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