Influenza in Africa

PLoS Med. 2009 Dec;6(12):e1000182. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000182. Epub 2009 Dec 15.

Abstract

Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Peter Kremsner argue that there needs to be better awareness, surveillance, and clinical management of common febrile diseases in Africa, especially influenza.

MeSH terms

  • Africa / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Influenza Vaccines / immunology
  • Influenza Vaccines / therapeutic use*
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
  • Influenza, Human / prevention & control
  • Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology
  • Plasmodium falciparum
  • Prevalence

Substances

  • Influenza Vaccines