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Confirmed cases of meningitis and the responsible pathogens, Africa, 2000-2010

Bar graph of confirmed cases of meningitis and the responsible pathogens, Africa, 2000-2010 (before the MenAfrivac targeting N meningitidis serotype A). Abbreviation: Nm, Neisseria meningitidis. (Source: Mazamay S, Guégan JF, Diallo N, et al. An overview of bacterial meningitis epidemics in Africa from 1928 to 2018 with a focus on epidemics "outside-the-belt." BMC Infect Dis 2021;21[1]:1027. Creative Commons Attribution License [By 4.0], http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)

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