Currently, no explanation exists for the epidemic pattern of meningitis in the African meningitis belt, in spite of recent progress in disease surveillance. Such a model would be conducive to mathematically mapping vaccine strategies or predicting epidemics. This article, published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, presents a hypothetical explanatory model for epidemic meningococcal meningitis.

Author(s): Mueller JE, Gessner BD

Published: 2010

Resource types: Peer-reviewed journal

Diseases: Meningococcus

Topics: Disease burden and surveillance; Disease/vaccine specific information

Regions: Africa