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Meningitis outbreak investigation in Nkoranza South Municipality in Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana, February, 2016

The occurrence of communicable diseases highlights the need to have well-trained field epidemiologists at the forefront in the fight against these diseases, especially during an outbreak. Training for outbreak investigation is most effective when participants can develop their competencies in a prac...

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Autores principales:	Asiedu, Ernest Konadu, Nyarko, Kofi Mensah, Kenu, Ernest, Afari, Edwin Andrew, Frimpong, Joseph Asamoah, Park, Meeyoung Mattie, McNabb, Scott JN, Iddrisah, Florence Nzilanye
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
Materias:	Case Study
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6379553/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30858908 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2018.30.1.15261

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