Trends in incidence, mortality, and lethality due to meningitis in children and teenagers in Brazil: a nationwide time-series study from 2002 to 2022
Meningitis remains a concerning disease in Brazil, despite the downward trend in the country and its regions. It highlights the perpetuation of health inequalities, which reverberate in the levels of vaccination coverage and in the success of vaccination campaigns, impeding this disease's proper control.
Authors
- Geovanna Barros Rocha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1136-3862)
- Alessandro Vidal de Oliveira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1113-2167)
- Ana Sampaio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1506-0236)
- Ana Lucy Peixoto Rabelo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5221-4762)
Institutions
- Universidade do Estado do Pará (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-549720250047
- Primary Topic
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00