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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Multiyear persistence of 2 pandemic A/H1N1 influenza virus lineages in West Africa
Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 210, No. 1, Year 2014
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Description
Our understanding of the global ecology of influenza viruses is impeded by historically low levels of viral surveillance in Africa. Increased genetic sequencing of African A/H1N1 pandemic influenza viruses during 2009-2013 revealed multiyear persistence of 2 viral lineages within West Africa, raising questions about the roles of reduced air traffic and the asynchrony of seasonal influenza epidemics among West African countries in the evolution of independent lineages. The potential for novel influenza virus lineages to evolve within Africa warrants intensified influenza surveillance in Africa and other understudied areas. © The Author 2014.
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Authors & Co-Authors
Nelson, Martha Irene
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
Njouom, Richard
Cameroon, Yaounde
Centre Pasteur du Cameroun
Viboud, Cécile G.
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
Niang, Mbayame N’Diaye D.
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Kadjo, Hervé Adjé
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Institut Pasteur de Cote-d'ivoire
Ampofo, William Kwabena
Ghana, Accra
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
Adebayo, Adedeji
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tarnagda, Zékiba S.
Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou
Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé
Miller, Mark A.
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
Holmes, Edward C.
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
Australia, Sydney
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Diop, Ousmane Madiagne
Senegal, Dakar
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Statistics
Citations: 29
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/infdis/jiu047
ISSN:
00221899
e-ISSN:
15376613
Research Areas
Environmental
Genetics And Genomics
Study Locations
Multi-countries