Meningitis outbreak response in sub-Saharan Africa: WHO guideline
For over 100 years, major epidemics of meningococcal disease have occurred every few years within the African meningitis belt, which runs across the continent from Senegal to Ethiopia. The objectives of this review were to revise WHO guidelines on control of epidemic meningitis in subSaharan Africa conce...
Brotes de Enfermedades, Meningitis Bacterianas/prevención & control, Meningitis Bacterianas/tratamiento farmacológico, África del Sur del Sahara/epidemiología, Meningitis Bacterianas/diagnóstico, Meningitis Bacterianas/epidemiología, Vacunas Meningococicas/administración & dosificación, Profilaxis Antibiótica/métodos, Vacunas contra Haemophilus/administración & dosificación, Juego de Reactivos para Diagnóstico, Prevalencia, Incidencia, Trazado de Contacto