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Phylogeographic reconstruction of African yellow fever virus isolates indicates recent simultaneous dispersal into east and west Africa.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2013
Beck Andrew, Guzman Hilda, Li Li, Ellis Brett, Tesh Robert B, Barrett Alan D T
Abstract excerpt
Yellow fever virus (YFV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that is a major public health problem in tropical areas of Africa and South America. There have been detailed studies on YFV ecology in West Africa and South America, but current understanding of YFV circulation on the African continent is incomplete. This inadequacy is especially notable for East and Central Africa, for which the unpredictability of human...
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