Childhood meningitis in rural Gambia: 10 years of population-based surveillance

1 1 Title: Childhood meningitis in rural Gambia: 10 years of population-based surveillance 2 Authors 3 Usman N Ikumapayi 1 , Philip C Hill 2 , Ilias Hossain 1 , Yekini Olatunji 1 , Malick Ndiaye 1 , Henry 4 Badji 1 , Ahmed Manjang 1 , Rasheed Salaudeen 1 , Lamin Ceesay 3 Richard A Adegbola 6,7 , Brian 5 M Greenwood 5 , Grant A Mackenzie 1,4,5,8 6 7 Affiliations 8 1 Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene & Tropical 9 Medicine, Atlantic Road, Fajara, The Gambia; 10 2 Centre for International Health, University of Otago, Leith St, Dunedin, New Zealand; 11 3 Ministry of Health, Gambia Government, The Gambia; 12 4 Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia; 13 5 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel St, London, UK; 14 6 Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria; 15 7 RAMBICON, Immunisation & Global Health Consulting, Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria; 16 8 Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. 17 18 Short title: Childhood meningitis in rural Gambia . CC-BY 4.0 International license It is made available under a is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. (which was not certified by peer review) The copyright holder for this preprint this version posted March 2, 2022. ; https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.01.22271692 doi: medRxiv preprint NOTE: This preprint reports new research that has not been certified by peer review and should not be used to guide clinical practice.

Childhood meningitis in rural Gambia: 10 years of population-based surveillance

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