ArticleScientific reports2017
The association between respiratory tract infection incidence and localised meningitis epidemics: an analysis of high-resolution surveillance data from Burkina Faso.
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- Risk factors for meningococcal disease in children and adolescents: a systematic review and META-analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2020Pooled it
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- Climatic factors driving influenza transmission in Sahelian area: A twelve-year retrospective study in Niger (2010-2021).PloS one · 2025Article
- High-spatial resolution epidemic surveillance of bacterial meningitis in the African meningitis belt in Burkina Faso.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Knowledge, beliefs and practices regarding prevention of bacterial meningitis in Burkina Faso, 5 years after MenAfriVac mass campaigns.PloS one · 2021Article
- Meningococcal strain evolution, dusty dry air and respiratory tract infections: An explosive relationship.EBioMedicine · 2019Article
- Risk factors for acquisition of meningococcal carriage in the African meningitis belt.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2019Article
- Atmospheric Dust, Early Cases, and Localized Meningitis Epidemics in the African Meningitis Belt: An Analysis Using High Spatial Resolution Data.Environmental health perspectives · 2018Article
- Climatic drivers of melioidosis in Laos and Cambodia: a 16-year case series analysis.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Meningococcal meningitis epidemics in the African meningitis belt consist of localised meningitis epidemics (LME) that reach attack proportions of 1% within a few weeks. A meningococcal serogroup A conjugate vaccine was introduced in meningitis belt countries from 2010 on, but LME due to other serogroups continue to occur. The mechanisms underlying LME are poorly understood, but an association with respiratory pathogens has been hypothesised. We analysed national routine surveillance data in high spatial resolution (health centre level) from 13 districts in Burkina Faso, 2004-2014. We defined LME as a weekly incidence rate of suspected meningitis ≥75 per 100,000 during ≥2 weeks; and high incidence episodes of respiratory tract infections (RTI) as the 5
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