Meningitis epidemics shift in sub-Saharan belt

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Title:	Meningitis epidemics shift in sub-Saharan belt
Authors:	Zhao, S Lin, Q He, D Stone, L
Issue Date:	2018
Source:	International journal of infectious diseases, 2018, v. 68, p. 79-82
Abstract:	Meningococcal meningitis (MCM) poses a serious threat to public health in Africa. Epidemics appear irregularly every 5–12 years, especially in the regions across sub-Saharan ‘meningitis belt’. This study investigated the long-term spatiotemporal dynamics of MCM. It appears that dominant epidemic outbreaks in the meningitis belt spread from west to east over the study period 2006–2016.
Keywords:	Epidemics Meningococcal meningitis Spatio-temporal pattern Sub-Saharan belt
Publisher:	Elsevier
Journal:	International journal of infectious diseases
ISSN:	1201-9712
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijid.2018.01.020
Rights:	© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). The following publication Zhao, S., Lin, Q., He, D., & Stone, L. (2018). Meningitis epidemics shift in sub-Saharan belt. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 68, 79-82 is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.01.020
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