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Time delays in the response to the Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C outbreak in Nigeria – 2017

Assad Hassan, GARBA UMAR MUSTAPHA, Bola Lawal, Aliyu Mamman Na’uzo, Ismail Abdullateef Raji, Eteng Womi-Eteng Oboma, Oyeronke Oyebanji, Jeremiah Agenyi, Chima Thomas, Muhammad Shakir Balogun,

PLoS ONE · 2018 · 22 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

There were delays in detection and notification of the outbreak, in coordinating response activities, in requesting for vaccines and their arrival from ICG, and in initiating reactive vaccination. Reducing these delays in future outbreaks could help decrease the morbidity and mortality linked with meningococcal meningitis outbreaks.

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