RT Book, Section
A1 Langston, Shannon M.
A1 Bales, Brian D.
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181051316
T1 Epidemic Meningitis
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181051316
RD 2024/04/20
AB Meningococcal  disease  in  developed  countries  usually  consists  of  sporadic  cases  and  small  outbreaks.  In  contrast,  massive  epidemics  of  serogroup  A  or  C  meningococcal  meningitis  occur  in  tropical  countries,  most  notably  in  sub-Saharan  Africa.  These  seasonal  outbreaks  tend  to  occur  during  the  dry  season  along  a  wide  swath  of  equatorial  Africa  known  as  the  “meningitis  belt.”