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- 2017
OUTBREAK OF CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS IN KEBBI STATE, NIGERIAKeywords: Meningitis belt, MenAfriVac, Neisseria meningitidis type C, Sub-Saharan Africa Abstract: Cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM), is a major public health problem still affecting tropical countries particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Group A and occasionally group C account for large scale epidemics in many countries in the African meningitis belt. The study aimed to describe the pattern of cerebrospinal meningitis outbreak in Kebbi state in 2015
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