Seasonal upsurge of pneumococcal meningitis in the Central African Republic [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
A high incidence of bacterial meningitis was observed in the Central African Republic (CAR) from December 2015 to May 2017 in three hospitals in the northwest of the country that are within the African meningitis belt. The majority of cases were caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (249/328; 75.9%), w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wellcome
2019-03-01
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| Series: | Wellcome Open Research |
| Online Access: | https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/3-134/v2 |