title: Evaluation of surveillance thresholds for prediction of meningitis epidemics using ongoing surveillance data at the district level, in Niger.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche sur les Méningites et les Schistosomoses (CERMES), Niamey, Niger.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Chabalier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassane
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chippaux
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009548:Niger / Q000453:epidemiology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity