Detection of meningitis epidemics in Africa: a population-based analysis.

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• Publication year

  1992

• Venue

  International Journal of Epidemiology

• Publication date

  1992-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1093/IJE/21.1.155PMID 1544747
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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