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SUBMITTER: Patel JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6853281 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of infectious diseases 20191001 220 Suppl 4
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 implementati ...[more]