Early detection and response to meningococcal disease epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa: appraisal of the WHO strategy.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the sensitivity, specificity and predictive value positive of the WHO threshold strategy for detecting meningococcal disease epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa and to estimate the impact of the strategy on an epidemic at district level. METHODS: Data on meningitis cases at the dist...

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Main Authors:	Leake, J. A. D., Kone, M. L., Yada, A. A., Barry, L. F., Traore, G., Ware, A., Coulibaly, T., Berthe, A., Mambu Ma Disu, H., Rosenstein, N. E., Plikaytis, B. D., Esteves, K., Kawamata, J., Wenger, J. D., Heymann, D. L., Perkins, B. A.
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	World Health Organization 2002
Subjects:	Research Article
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2567794/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12077608
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Early detection and response to meningococcal disease epidemics in sub-Saharan Africa: appraisal of the WHO strategy.

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