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Keita A.K., Butel Christelle, Thaurignac Guillaume, Diallo A., Nioke T., Traore F., Koivogui L., Peeters Martine, Delaporte E., Ayouba Ahidjo. (2018). Serological evidence of ebola virus infection in rural Guinea before the 2014 West African epidemic outbreak. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 99 (2), 425-427. ISSN 0002-9637.

Titre du document
Serological evidence of ebola virus infection in rural Guinea before the 2014 West African epidemic outbreak
Année de publication
2018
Type de document
Article référencé dans le Web of Science WOS:000443682600036
Auteurs
Keita A.K., Butel Christelle, Thaurignac Guillaume, Diallo A., Nioke T., Traore F., Koivogui L., Peeters Martine, Delaporte E., Ayouba Ahidjo
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2018, 99 (2), 425-427 ISSN 0002-9637
Questions remain as to whether an unnoticed Ebola outbreak occurred in Guinea before the 2014-2016 epidemic. To address this, we used a highly sensitive and specific Luminex-based assay for Ebola virus (EBOV) antibody detection to screen blood samples collected in the framework of the Demographic Health Survey performed in 2012 in Guinea. One sample (GF069) of 1,483 tested was positive at very high immunoglobulin G titer to Zaire EBOV in Guinee Forestiere. Thus, at least 2 years before the 2014 EVD outbreak in Guinea, Zaire EBOV was circulating in rural areas of this country.
Plan de classement
Entomologie médicale / Parasitologie / Virologie [052]
Description Géographique
GUINEE ; AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST
Localisation
Fonds IRD [F B010074000]
Identifiant IRD
fdi:010074000
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