Environmental Risk and Meningitis Epidemics in Africa

Epidemics of meningococcal meningitis occur in areas with particular environmental characteristics. We present evidence that the relationship between the environment and the location of these epidemics is quantifiable and propose a model based on environmental variables to identify regions at risk for meningitis epidemics. These findings, which have substantial implications for directing surveillance activities and health policy, provide a basis for monitoring the impact of climate variability and environmental change on epidemic occurrence in Africa.

• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Emerging Infectious Diseases

• Publication date

  2003-10-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3201/eid0910.030182PMID 14609465PMCID 3033099
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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