Aetiology of bacterial meningitis in infants aged < 90 days: prospective surveillance in Luanda, Angola

The global burden of bacterial meningitis (BM) remains high even with improving coverage of conjugate vaccines (GBD Meningitis Collaborators, 2018). Although the incidence, aetiology, and outcome vary by age and region (Edmond et al., 2010; GBD Meningitis Collaborators, 2018; Oordt-Speets et al., 2018), the burden is heaviest in Sub-Saharan Africa where the problem is related to poverty (GBD Meningitis Collaborators, 2018). Outside Neisseria meningitidis epidemics, the peak age of BM is in the neonatal period (GBD Meningitis Collaborators, 2018; Heath et al.
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research