"Burkina Faso" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A republic in western Africa, south and east of MALI and west of NIGER. Its capital is Ouagadougou. It was formerly called Upper Volta until 1984.
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D002050
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058.290.190.245
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Initial validation of a simulation model for estimating the impact of serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis vaccination in the African meningitis belt. PLoS One. 2018; 13(10):e0206117.