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Climate of the Meningitis Belt

Trzaska, Sylwia A.
Ceccato, Pietro N.
Bell, Michael A.
Giannini, Alessandra
Goddard, Lisa M.
Mohammed, M. Ben

Publication date

January 2007

DOI

10.7916/D8NG4XCC

Publisher

Columbia University Libraries/Information Services

Abstract

An overview of the connection between climate and meningitis in the West African Sahel

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