Early introduction and delayed dissemination of pandemic influenza, Gabon

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 644-647

  Lekana Douki, Sonia Etenna ^a   Mouinga Ondémé, Augustin ^a   Nkoghe, Dieudonné ^b   Drosten, Christian ^c   Drexler, Jan Felix ^c   Kazanji, Mirdad ^d   Leroy, Eric M ^e  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b Ministère de la Santé Publique   (Gabon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d Institut Pasteur de Bangui   (South Africa)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N2; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CIRCULATION; GABON; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; PH1N1; SURVEILLANCE NETWORK; VIRUSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GABON; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANDEMICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84875322264     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1904.111925     Document Type: Article

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