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The environmental drivers of bacterial meningitis epidemics in the Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa

202033 citationsOpen accessUniversité de Kinshasa (UNIKIN)

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Abstract

In a context of global environmental change, particularly climate change, our findings tend to show that an interplay of different environmental and socio-economic drivers are important to consider in the epidemiology of bacterial meningitis epidemics in DRC. This information is important to help improving meningitis control strategies in a large country located outside of the so-called meningitis belt.

Research topics

  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008634

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