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Record 1 2010-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
  • Epidemiology
CONT

Epidemic meningitis is a recurrent problem in the "meningitis belt" of Africa; this stretches from Senegal to Ethiopia and includes all or part of at least 15 countries, with an estimated total population of approximately 300 million people.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
  • Épidémiologie
CONT

On observe souvent des épidémies de méningite à méningocoque, principalement de type A, durant la saison sèche (de décembre à juin) dans les pays suivants. Ces pays se trouvent dans ce qu'on appelle la ceinture de méningite à méningocoque de l'Afrique subsaharienne : Bénin, Burkina-Faso, Cameroun, Côte-d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Éthiopie, Gambie, Ghana, Guinée, Guinée-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, République centrafricaine, Ruanda, Sénégal, Somalie, Soudan, Tchad, Togo.

Spanish

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