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Dengue virus importation risks in Africa: a modelling study
Poongavanan, Jenicca; Lourenço, José; Tsui, Joseph L.H.; Colizza, Vittoria; Ramphal, Yajna; Baxter, Cheryl; Kraemer, Moritz U. G.; Dunaiski, MarcelBackground: Dengue is a significant global public health concern that poses a threat in Africa. Particularly, African countries are at risk of viral introductions through air travel connectivity with areas of South America and Asia in which explosive dengue outbreaks frequently occur. Limited reporting and diagnostic capacity hinder a comprehensive assessment of continent-wide transmission dynamics and deployme...
Urgent need for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatizing nomenclature for monk...
Happi, Christian; Adetifa, Ifedayo; Mbala, Placide; Njouom, Richard; Nakoune, Emmanuel; Happi, Anise; Ndodo, Nnaemeka; Ayansola, OyeronkeWe propose a novel, non-discriminatory classification of monkeypox virus diversity. Together with the World Health Organization, we named three clades (I, IIa and IIb) in order of detection. Within IIb, the cause of the current global outbreak, we identified multiple lineages (A.1, A.2, A.1.1 and B.1) to support real-time genomic surveillance.
Spread of Yellow Fever Virus outbreak in Angola and the Democratic Republic Con...
Kraemer, Moritz U. G.; Faria, Nuno R.; Reiner Jr, Robert C.; Golding, Nick; Nikolay, Birgit; Stasse, Stephanie; Johansson, Michael A.; Salje, HenrikBACKGROUND: Since late 2015, an epidemic of yellow fever has caused more than 7334 suspected cases in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including 393 deaths. We sought to understand the spatial spread of this outbreak to optimise the use of the limited available vaccine stock. METHODS: We jointly analysed datasets describing the epidemic of yellow fever, vector suitability, human demography, and ...