Risk factors associated with meningitis outbreak in the Upper West Region of Ghana: A matched case-control study.

ABSTRACT: The Northern part of Ghana lies within the African meningitis belt and has historically been experiencing seasonal meningitis outbreaks. Despite the continuous meningitis outbreak in the region, the risk factors contributing to the occurrence of these outbreaks have not been clearly identified. This study, therefore, sought to describe the clinical characteristics and possible risk factors associated with meningitis outbreaks in the Upper West Region (UWR). A 1:2 matched case-control study was conducted in May-December 2021 to retrospectively investigate possible risk factors for meningitis outbreak in the UWR of Ghana between January and December 2020. Cases were persons with laboratory confirmed meningitis, and controls were persons of similar age and sex without meningitis living in the

SUBMITTER: Kabanunye MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11346653 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature