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| Title |
Comparative study of meningitis dynamics across nine African countries: a global perspective
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Health Geographics, July 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/1476-072x-6-29 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Hélène Broutin, Solenne Philippon, Guillaume Constantin de Magny, Marie-Françoise Courel, Benjamin Sultan, Jean-François Guégan |
| Abstract |
Meningococcal meningitis (MM) represents an important public health problem especially in the "meningitis belt" in Africa. Although seasonality of epidemics is well known with outbreaks usually starting in the dry season, pluri-annual cycles are still less understood and even studied. In this context, we aimed at study MM cases time series across 9 sahelo-sudanian countries to detect pluri-annual periodicity and determine or not synchrony between dynamics. This global and comparative approach allows a better understanding of MM evolution in time and space in the long-term. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 75 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 74 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 25% |
| Researcher | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 16% |
| Unknown | 15 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 27% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 7% |
| Mathematics | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 15 | 20% |
| Unknown | 19 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 January 2012.
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