20 0 3年 1月 1～ 2 6日 ,布基纳法索卫生部报告了全国共发生980例脑膜炎病例 ,其中 196人死亡 ,病死率为 2 0 %。 2 0 0 3年 1月2 6日有 4个区的发病数虽未达到流行阈值 ,但已处于警戒水平。从 3个区中共收集了 2 8份标本 ,国家公共卫生实验室进行了检验 ,证实这 10例由脑膜炎 On January 1 to February 20, 2003, the Ministry of Health of Burkina Faso reported a total of 980 cases of meningitis in the country, of which 196 died and the case fatality rate was 20%. Although the incidence of the disease in the 4 districts did not reach the epidemic threshold on 26 January 2003, it is at a warning level. A total of 28 specimens were collected from 3 districts and tested by the National Public Health Laboratory confirming that these 10 cases were caused by meningitis