Climate Regimes, El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Meningococcal Meningitis Epidemics
Meningoccocal meningitis is a major public health problem that kills thousands annuallyin Africa, Europe, North and South America. Occurrence is, however, highest during thedry seasons in Sahel Africa. Interannual changes in precipitation correlate with interannualchanges in El Nino-Southern Oscilla...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2015-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00187/full |