Analysis of a meningococcal meningitis outbreak in Niger – potential effectiveness of reactive prophylaxis

BACKGROUND: Seasonal epidemics of bacterial meningitis in the African Meningitis Belt carry a high burden of disease and mortality. Reactive mass vaccination is used as a control measure during epidemics, but the time taken to gain immunity from the vaccine reduces the flexibility and effectiveness...

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Udgivet i:PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Main Authors: Hitchings, Matt D. T., Coldiron, Matthew E., Grais, Rebecca F., Lipsitch, Marc
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428357/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30856166
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007077
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