Epidemiology of West Nile virus in Africa: An underestimated threat.

ABSTRACT:

Background

West Nile virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus which has been posing continuous challenges to public health worldwide due to the identification of new lineages and clades and its ability to invade and establish in an increasing number of countries. Its current distribution, genetic variability, ecology, and epidemiological pattern in the African continent are only partially known despite the general consensus on the urgency to obtain such information for quantifying the actual disease burden in Africa other than to predict future threats at global scale.

Methodology and principal findings

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SUBMITTER: Mencattelli G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8789169 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature