Early Introduction and Delayed Dissemination of Pandemic Influenza, Gabon

Abstract

Active surveillance in health care centers in Gabon during 2009–2011 detected 72 clinical cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 (pH1N1). We found that pH1N1 virus was introduced in mid-2009 but spread throughout the country in 2010. Thus, Gabon was also affected by pH1N1.

Keywords

• Gabon
• surveillance network
• influenza
• pH1N1
• circulation
• pandemic