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Prof F. Van Gompel, ITG Antwerpen

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Meningitis belt<br />

Majority serogroup A<br />

Dry season : december – june (dust wind, upper RTI)<br />

Baseline incidence 5-10-20/10 5 /year (population<br />

displacement, market, overcrowding ...)<br />

Explosive epidemics : attack rate 1000/10 5<br />

– 2009 : 78 000 cases, 4000 deaths<br />

Not a single case in travlrs (vax, social distancing)

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