Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 251-252 , May 2000

Evaluation of surveillance thresholds for prediction of meningitis epidemics using ongoing surveillance data at the district level, in Niger

  • F. de Chabalier

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAuthor for correspondence: F. de Chabalier, CERMES, B.P. 10887, Niamey, Niger; phone +227 752045; fax +227 753180.
    • Centre de Recherche sur les Méningites et les Schistosomoses (CERMES), B.P. 10887, Niamey, Niger
    • Coopération Française, Niamey, Niger
    • ,
  • A. Hassane

      Affiliations

    • Ministère de la Santé Publique, Niamey, Niger
    • ,
  • J.P. Chippaux

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche sur les Méningites et les Schistosomoses (CERMES), B.P. 10887, Niamey, Niger
    • Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement (IRD), Niamey, Niger

Received 23 June 1999 ,Revised 30 September 1999 ,Accepted 29 November 1999.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 94, Issue 3 , Pages 251-252 , May 2000

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