Climate Regimes, El Niño-Southern Oscillation, and Meningococcal Meningitis Epidemics

Meningococcal meningitis is a major public health problem that kills thousands annually in Africa, Europe, North, and South America. Occurrence is, however, highest during the dry seasons in Sahel Africa. Interannual changes in precipitation correlate with interannual changes in El Niño-Southern Osc...

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Main Author: Oluwole, Olusegun Steven Ayodele
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4519658/