Publications
| high frequency and diversity of species c enteroviruses in cameroon and neighboring countries. | human enteroviruses (hevs) are endemic worldwide and among the most common viruses infecting humans. nevertheless, there are very limited data on the circulation and genetic diversity of hevs in developing countries and sub-saharan africa in particular. we investigated the circulation and genetic diversity of hevs among 436 healthy children in a limited area of the far north region of cameroon in 2008 and 2009. we also characterized the genetic biodiversity of 146 nonpolio enterovirus (npev) iso ... | 2013 | 23254123 |
| circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses in the extreme north region of cameroon. | the world health organization (who) poliovirus eradication program includes careful surveillance of acute-flaccid paralysis (afp) and mass and routine immunization with oral polio vaccine (opv). in populations with low vaccine coverage, the live-attenuated sabin strains, opv types 1, 2 and 3, can evolve into virulent vaccine-derived polioviruses (vdpvs) and circulate in the community. until recently, circulating vdpvs (cvdpvs) had not been reported in cameroon despite the fact that vdpv2 outbrea ... | 2015 | 25542478 |