ArticleNeuroepidemiology2023
Global Burden and Its Association with Socioeconomic Development Status of Meningitis Caused by Specific Pathogens over the Past 30 years: A Population-Based Study.
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- Epidemiological distribution of bacterial meningitis infections in South Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Fatal inflammation: understanding meningitis mortality in the United States (1999-2020).BMC neurology · 2026Observational
- Trends in Meningitis Burden and Projections to 2040: A Secondary Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Meningitis Mortality in U.S. Adults Aged ≥25 Years: Demographic and Geographic Insights from the CDC WONDER Database (1999-2024).Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Current Understanding of Meningitis Pathogens, Immunity Gap, and Future Prevention Strategies in Sri Lanka: A Narrative Review.International journal of microbiology · 2026Review
- Clinical characteristics and surgical outcomes between traumatic and nontraumatic cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2025Article
- Burden of meningitis and encephalitis in Iran from 1990 to 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease study.BMC neurology · 2025Article
- CARD8 polymorphisms among bacterial meningitis patients in North-West Ethiopia.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- High-Resolution Ultrasound Platform for Infant Meningitis Detection: An In Vitro Demonstration.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The Role of Oxidative Stress in TB Meningitis and Therapeutic Options.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Demographic profiles and risk factors for mortality in acute meningitis: A nationwide population-based observational study.Acute medicine & surgeryArticle
- Clinical Outcomes and Associated Factors among Children Admitted With Meningitis at Pediatrics at Public Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Sage open pediatricsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundMeningitis is a severe and fatal neurological disease and causes lots of disease burden. The purpose of this study was to assess the global, regional, and national burdens and trends of meningitis by age, sex, and etiology.
methodsData on the burden of meningitis were collected from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019. R and Joinpoint were used for statistical analysis and charting.
resultsIn 2019, meningitis caused 236,222 deaths and 15,649,865 years of life lost (YLL) worldwide. The age-standardized death rate and age-standardized YLL rate of meningitis were 3.29 and 225, which decreased steadily. Burden change was mainly driven by epidemiological changes. Regionally, meningitis burden was the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa. Burden of disease increasingly concentrated in low sociodemographic index countries, and this was most pronounced in meningitis caused by N. meningitidis. Countries such as Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, etc., especially need to enhance the rational allocation of public health resources to reduce the disease burden. Children and men were more likely to be affected by meningitis. PM2.5 was found to be an important risk factor.
conclusionsThis study provides the first comprehensive understanding of the global disease burden of meningitis caused by specific pathogens and highlights policy priorities to protect human health worldwide, with particular attention to vulnerable regions, susceptible populations, environmental factors, and specific pathogens.
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