Systematic review of invasive meningococcal disease epidemiology in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa region

Abstract Background Invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) represents a global health burden. However, its epidemiology in the Eastern Mediterranean (EM) and North Africa (NA) regions is currently not well understood. This review had four key objectives: to describe asymptomatic meningococcal carriage...

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Main Authors: Alp Giray Dogu, Anouk M. Oordt-Speets, Femke van Kessel-de Bruijn, Mehmet Ceyhan, Amine Amiche
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06781-6