Contemporaneous data on the prevalence of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection in people with acute respiratory tract infections in Africa (2000–2017)
Jean Joel Bigna,
Sebastien Kenmoe,
Estelle Amandine Well,
Fredy Brice N. Simo,
Véronique B. Penlap,
Astrid Vabret,
Richard Njouom
Affiliations
Jean Joel Bigna
National Influenza Center, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, 451 Rue 2005, P.O. Box 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Sebastien Kenmoe
National Influenza Center, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, 451 Rue 2005, P.O. Box 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Estelle Amandine Well
Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, P.O. Box 1364, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Fredy Brice N. Simo
National Influenza Center, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, 451 Rue 2005, P.O. Box 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Véronique B. Penlap
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, P.O. Box 337, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Astrid Vabret
Normandie Université, 14032 Caen, France; Université de Caen, Groupe de Recherche sur l’Adaptation Microbienne (GRAM), F-14000 Caen, France; Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Caen, F-14033 Caen, France
Richard Njouom
National Influenza Center, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, 451 Rue 2005, P.O. Box 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Correspondence to: Department of Virology, National Influenza Center, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, 451 Rue 2005, P.O. Box 1274, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Availability of accurate data on the burden of the Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (HRSV) can help to implement better strategies to curb this burden in Africa continent among people with acute respiratory tract infections (ARTI). We summarize here available contemporaneous data published from January 1, 2000 to August 31, 2017 on the prevalence of HSRV infection among people with ARTI in the continent. Keywords: Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Respiratory tract infection, Africa
