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An overview of bacterial meningitis epidemics in Africa from 1928 to 2018 with a focus on epidemics “outside-the-belt” by Serge Mazamay; Jean-François Guégan; Neby Diallo; Didier Bompangue; Eric Bokabo; Jean-Jacques Muyembe; Nadège Taty; Tonton Paul Vita; Hélène Broutin is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract ## Background Bacterial meningitis occurs worldwide but Africa remains the most affected continent, especially in the "Meningitis belt" that extends from Senegal to Ethiopia. Three main bacteria are responsible for causing bacterial meningitis, i.e.,N. meningitidis(Nm),S. pneumoniaeandH. influenzaetype b. Among Nm, serogroup A used to be responsible for up to 80 to 85% of meningococcal meningitis cases in Africa. Since 2000, other Nm serogroups including W, X and C have also been responsible for causing epidemics. This overview aims to describe the main patterns of meningitis disease cases and pathogens from 1928 to 2018 in Africa with a special focus on disease conditions “out-of-the-belt” area that is still usually unexplored. Based on basic spatio-temporal methods, and a 90-years database of reported suspected meningitis cases and death from the World Health Organization, we used both geographic information system and spatio-temporal statistics to identify the major localizations of meningitis epidemics over this period in Africa. ## Results Bacterial meningitis extends today outside its historical limits of the meningitis belt. Since the introduction of MenAfrivac v

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Author

Serge Mazamay; Jean-François Guégan; Neby Diallo; Didier Bompangue; Eric Bokabo; Jean-Jacques Muyembe; Nadège Taty; Tonton Paul Vita; Hélène Broutin

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)