• Molecular studies of meningococcal and pneumococcal meningitis patients in Ethiopia 

      Mihret, Wude; Brusletto, Berit Sletbakk; Øvstebø, Reidun; Siebke, Anne-Marie; Norheim, Gunnstein; Merid, Yared; Kassu, Afework; Abebe, Workeabeba; Ayele, Samuel; Silamsaw, Mezgebu; Yamuah, Lawrence; Aseffa, Abraham; Petros, Beyene; Caugant, Dominique A; Brandtzaeg, Petter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
    • Surveillance of bacterial meningitis, Ethiopia, 2012–2013 

      Mihret, Wude; Lema, Tsehaynesh; Merid, Yared; Kassu, Afework; Abebe, Workeabeba; Moges, Beyene; Tenna, Admasu; Woldegebriel, Fitsum; Yidnekachew, Melaku; Mekonnen, Wondale; Yamuah, Lawrence; Ahmed, Arslan; Silamsaw, Mezgebu; Petros, Beyene; Oksnes, Jan; Rosenqvist, Einar; Ayele, Samuel; Caugant, Dominique A; Aseffa, Abraham; Norheim, Gunnstein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Ethiopia has the second-largest population (≈94 million in 2013) among the meningitis belt countries of sub-Saharan Africa (1). However, during 2001–2010, a median of only 1,056 suspected meningitis cases per year (range ...