| 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:instanceOf
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:epidemiological_region
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:characterizedBy
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            frequent meningitis epidemics
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:climate
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            semi-arid
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:firstDescribed
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Lapeyssonnie
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            1963
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:includesCountry
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Benin
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Burkina_Faso
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Burundi
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Cameroon
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Central_African_Republic
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Chad
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Eritrea
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Ethiopia
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Gambia
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Ghana
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Guinea
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Ivory_Coast
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Kenya
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Mali
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Mauritania
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Niger
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Nigeria
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Senegal
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:South_Sudan
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Sudan
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Tanzania
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Togo
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Uganda
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:locatedIn
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Sub-Saharan_Africa
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:mainPathogen
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Neisseria_meningitidis
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:mainPrevention
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:vaccine
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            improved surveillance
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            prompt treatment
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:mainSerogroup
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Serogroup_A
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Serogroup_C
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Serogroup_W
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Serogroup_X
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:mainTransmission
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            respiratory droplets
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:notableFeature
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            highest rates of meningococcal disease worldwide
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:notableOutbreaks
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            1996 epidemic
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            2009 epidemic
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:populationAtRisk
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            over 400 million
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:publicHealthIntervention
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:MenAfriVac_vaccination_campaign
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:season
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            dry season
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:spansFrom
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Senegal
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:spansTo
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Ethiopia
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:WHORegion
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:AFRO
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:bfsParent
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:MenAfriVac
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        gptkbp:bfsLayer
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            6
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 | 
                            
                        
                            
                                | 
                                    
                                        https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
                                    
                                 | 
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            African meningitis belt
                                        
                                        
                                         
                                    
                                 |