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Geospatial clustering of meningitis: an early warning system (hotspot) for potential meningitis outbreak in upper east region of Ghana

OBJECTIVE: We mapped and generated hot spots for potential meningitis outbreak from existing data in Upper East region, Ghana. DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2017 DATA SOURCE: Meningitis data in the Upper East Region from January 2007, to December 2016. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: W...

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Autores principales:	Akyereko, Ernest, Ameme, Donne, Nyarko, Kofi M, Asiedu-Bekoe, Franklin, Sackey, Samuel, Issah, Kofi, Wuni, Baba, Kenu, Ernest
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Ghana Medical Association 2020
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7837342/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33536666 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i2s.6

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