作者
Jaymin C Patel, Heidi M Soeters, Alpha Oumar Diallo, Brice W Bicaba, Goumbi Kadadé, Assétou Y Dembélé, Mahamat A Acyl, Christelle Nikiema, Clement Lingani, Cynthia Hatcher, Anna M Acosta, Jennifer D Thomas, Fabien Diomande, Stacey Martin, Thomas A Clark, Richard Mihigo, Rana A Hajjeh, Catherine H Zilber, Flavien Aké, Sarah A Mbaeyi, Xin Wang, Jennifer C Moisi, Olivier Ronveaux, Jason M Mwenda, Ryan T Novak, MenAfriNet Consortium
发表日期
2019/10/31
期刊
The Journal of infectious diseases
卷号
220
期号
Supplement_4
页码范围
S148-S154
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
Meningococcal meningitis remains a significant public health threat, especially in the African meningitis belt where Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A historically caused large-scale epidemics. With the rollout of a novel meningococcal serogroup A conjugate vaccine (MACV) in the belt, the World Health Organization recommended case-based meningitis surveillance to monitor MACV impact and meningitis epidemiology. In 2014, the MenAfriNet consortium was established to support strategic implementation of case-based meningitis surveillance in 5 key countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, and Togo. MenAfriNet aimed to develop a high-quality surveillance network using standardized laboratory and data collection protocols, develop sustainable systems for data management and analysis to monitor MACV impact, and leverage the surveillance platform to perform special studies. We describe the …
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