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An ill wind, bringing meningitis [1]

Crippling epidemics of meningococcal meningitis sweep across Africa with the onset of the dry season and harsh harmattan winds. An affordable, effective vaccine in the works could change that.

Publication Date: 
27/06/2008
Leslie Roberts [2]
Science [3]
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Tags:
Health [4], Health Care [5], Drugs [6], Vaccination [7], Infectious Diseases [8], Meningitis [9], Africa [10], Burkina Faso [11]

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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/meningitis
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[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/burkina-faso