Analysis of a meningococcal meningitis outbreak in Niger - potential effectiveness of reactive prophylaxis.

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Matt D T Hitchings (مؤلف), Matthew E Coldiron (مؤلف), Rebecca F Grais (مؤلف), Marc Lipsitch (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• الموضوعات: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Seasonal epidemics of bacterial meningitis in the African Meningitis Belt carry a high burden of disease and mortality. Reactive mass vaccination is used as a control measure during epidemics, but the time taken to gain immunity from the vaccine reduces the flexibility...