Seroepidemiological Studies of Arboviruses in Africa

Eduardo Samo Gudo (1) , S. Ali (1) , V. António (1) , I. Chelene (1) , I. Chongo (1) , M. Demanou (2) , K. Falk (3) , O. Guiliche (1) , N. Heinrich (4) , V. Monteiro (1) , A. Muianga (1) , J. Oludele (1) , F. Mula (1) , F. Mutuku (5) , N. Amade (1) , P. Alho (1) , E. Betsem (6, 7) , Z. Chimbuinhe (8) , A. Cristovam (9) , G. Galano (8) , A. Gessain (7) , E. Harris (10) , M. Heise (11) , F. Inalda (1) , I. Jala (2, 12) , E. Jaszi (13) , C. King (14) , U. Kitron (14) , B. Kümmerer (15) , A. Labeaud (14, 16) , N. Lagerqvist (3) , G. Malai (17) , M. Mazelier (2) , S. Mendes (18) , D. Mukoko (16) , B. Ndenga (19) , R. Njouom (2) , G. Pinto (1) , A. Tivane (1) , D. Vu (16) , J. Vulule (19)

1 INS - Instituto Nacional de Saude [Maputo, Mozambique]
2 Centre Pasteur du Cameroun
3 Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm]
4 LMU - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
5 Technical University of Mombasa
6 Université de Yaoundé I
7 EPVO (UMR_3569 / U-Pasteur_3) - Epidémiologie et Physiopathologie des Virus Oncogènes
8 Pemba Provincial Hospital
9 Direccao Provincial de Maputo
10 UC Berkeley - University of California [Berkeley]
11 UNC - University of North Carolina [Chapel Hill]
12 KKU - Khon Kaen University [Thailand]
13 CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Atlanta]
14 Case Western Reserve University [Cleveland]
15 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
16 Stanford School of Medicine [Stanford]
17 Polana Caniço General Hospital Mozambique
18 Nampula Central Hospital
19 KEMRI - Kenya Medical Research Institute

The literature on sero-epidemiological studies of flaviviral infections in the African continent is quite scarce. Much of the viral epidemiology studies have been focussing on diseases such as HIV/AIDS because of their sheer magnitude and impact on the lives of people in the various affected countries. Increasingly disease outbreaks caused by arboviruses such as the recent cases of chikungunya virus, dengue virus and yellow fever virus have prompted renewed interest in studying these viruses. International agencies from the US, several EU nations and China are starting to build collaborations to build capacity in many African countries together with established institutions to conduct these studies. The Tofo Advanced Study Week (TASW) was established to bring the best scientists from the world to the tiny seaside town of Praia do Tofo to rub shoulders with African virologists and discuss cutting-edge science and listen to the work of researchers in the field. In 2015 the 1st TASW focussed on Ebola virus. The collections of abstracts from participants at the 2nd TASW which focused on Dengue and Zika virus as well as presentations on other arboviruses are collated in this chapter.

Keywords: Differential diagnosis; Molecular surveillance of emerging viruses in Africa; Prospective studies of emerging virus transmission in Africa; Seroprevalence of emerging viruses in Africa; Virology in Africa

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]

Eduardo Samo Gudo, S. Ali, V. António, I. Chelene, I. Chongo, et al.. Seroepidemiological Studies of Arboviruses in Africa. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 2018, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1062, pp.361-371. ⟨10.1007/978-981-10-8727-1_25⟩. ⟨pasteur-04079444⟩