Meningococcal Meningitis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review

Authors

Amit U. Raysoni, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-22-2022

Abstract

The scourge of Meningococcal Meningitis in the Sub-Saharan African nations is well known. This review paper focuses on this very important topic and describes the symptoms, diagnoses, and available vaccines for the same. The review then focuses on the Meningitis Belt of Africa and elucidates on the introduction of MenAfriVac™ vaccine. The review ends with the success of this vaccine and the future of Meningococcal Meningitis in the context of overall global climate change.

Comments

© 2022 Raysoni; This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Recommended Citation

Raysoni, A. U. (2022). Meningococcal Meningitis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review. International Journal of Tropical Disease & Health, 43(9), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.9734/IJTDH/2022/v43i930610

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Publication Title

International Journal of Tropical Disease & Health

DOI

10.9734/IJTDH/2022/v43i930610