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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Main Author: Olusegun Steven Ayodele Oluwole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00187/full