Year: 2017
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In December, 2014, an outbreak of suspected meningitis was investigated in Ituri District, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ituri shares borders with Uganda and South Sudan, is well known for political instability, and houses a large displaced population with limited access to health care. Meningitis was suspected by health workers due to neck spasm, interpreted as neck stiffness. However, further investigations (see appendix for details) suggested that bacterial meningitis was not the cause of this outbreak.
Source: The Lancet Global Health
Authors: Nicolas Peyraud, Florentina Rafael, Lucy Anne Parker, Michel Quere, Gabriel Alcoba, Christian Korff, Michael Deats, Pernette Bourdillon Esteve, Jean-Clément Cabrol, Micaela Serafini, Iza Ciglenecki, Monica Rull, Islam Amine Larabi, Frédéric Baud, Francesco Grandesso, Benoit Kebela Ilunga, Jean-Claude Alvarez, Paul N Newton
Institutions: Médecins Sans Frontières, Epicentre, University Hospital of Geneva, World Health Organization, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Raymond-Poincaré, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Médecins Sans Frontières, Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris Descartes, Ministry of Public Health, Mahosot Hospital, University of Oxford, Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory
Language: English
Subfield: Microbiology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $6,680
Funders: World Health Organization, Wellcome Trust
OpenAlex ID: W2575370740