Etiology and Risk Factors for Meningitis during an Outbreak in Batié Health District, Burkina Faso, January-March 2016

Etiology and Risk Factors for Meningitis during an Outbreak in Batié Health District, Burkina Faso, January-March 2016

Introduction: On 16 March 2016, Batié Health District notified the Burkina Faso Ministry of Health Surveillance unit of 12 suspected cases of meningitis. During the same period, Batié´s neighboring districts in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana were experiencing a meningitis epidemic. We investigated to...

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Main Authors: Pedwindé Hamadou Séogo, Bernard Sawadogo, Brice Wilfried Bicaba, Issaka Yameogo, Denis Yelbeogo, Yacouba Savadogo, Hyacinthe Sow, Oumarou Batoure, Hamed Sidwaya Ouedraogo, Antoine Sana, Daouda Koussoubé, Abdoul Aziz Traoré, Salam Ouedraogo, Isaie Medah, Simon Antara, André McKenzie, Mamadou Sawadogo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: African Field Epidemiology Network 2021-03-01
Series:Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Subjects:
meningitis
etiology
risk factors
batié
burkina faso
Online Access:https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/article/4/4/full/
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