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Soil Dust Aerosols and Wind as Predictors of Seasonal Meningitis Incidence in Niger
Background: Epidemics of meningococcal meningitis are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa during the dry season, a period when the region is affected by the Harmattan, a dry and dusty northeasterly trade wind blowing from the Sahara into the Gulf of Guinea.Objectives: We examined the potential of climate-based statistical forecasting models to predict seasonal incidence of meningitis in Niger at both the national and district levels.Data and methods: We used time series of meningitis incidence from 1986 through 2006 for 38 districts in Niger. We tested models based on data that would be readily available in an operational framework, such as climate and dust, population, and the incidence of early cases before the onset of the meningitis season in January-May. Incidence was used as a proxy for immunological state.
Soil Dust Aerosols and Wind as Predictors of Seasonal Meningitis Incidence in Niger
Background: Epidemics of meningococcal meningitis are concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa during the dry season, a period when the region is affected by the Harmattan, a dry and dusty northeasterly trade wind blowing from the Sahara into the Gulf of Guinea.Objectives: We examined the potential of climate-based statistical forecasting models to predict seasonal incidence of meningitis in Niger at both the national and district levels.Data and methods: We used time series of meningitis incidence from 1986 through 2006 for 38 districts in Niger. We tested models based on data that would be readily available in an operational framework, such as climate and dust, population, and the incidence of early cases before the onset of the meningitis season in January-May. Incidence was used as a proxy for immunological state.
Soil Dust Aerosols and Wind as Predictors of Seasonal Meningitis Incidence in Niger
Perez Garcia Pando, Carlos (author) / Stanton, Michelle C. (author) / Diggle, Peter J. (author) / Trzaska, Sylwia (author) / Miller, Ron L. (author) / Perlwitz, Jan P. (author) / Baldasano, Jose M. (author) / Cuevas, Emilio (author) / Ceccato, Pietro (author) / Yaka, Pascal (author)
2014-07-01
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