Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Early Introduction and Delayed Dissemination of Pandemic Influenza, Gabon

Sonia Etenna Lekana-Douki, Augustin Mouinga-Ondémé, Dieudonné Nkoghe, Christian Drosten, Jan Felix Drexler, Mirdad Kazanji, and Eric M. Leroy

Author affiliations: Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon (S.E. Lekana-Douki, A. Mouinga-Ondémé, D. Nkoghe, E.M. Leroy); Ministère de la Santé Publique, Libreville, Gabon (D. Nkoghe); Bonn Medical Centre Institute of Virology, Bonn, Germany (C. Drosten, J.F. Drexler); Institut Pasteur de Bangui, Bangui, Central African Republic (M. Kazanji); Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France (E.M. Leroy)

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Clinical and laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 (pH1N1), seasonal influenza A (H1N1 and H3N2), seasonal influenza B, and other influenza-like illnesses (ILI), Gabon, July 2009–June 2011. Bars below chart indicate rainy seasons. *First imported case; †second imported case; ‡first indigenous cases. A) Gabon; B) Libreville; C) Oyem; D) Koulamoutou; E) Franceville.

Figure 2. . . Clinical and laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 (pH1N1), seasonal influenza A (H1N1 and H3N2), seasonal influenza B, and other influenza-like illnesses (ILI), Gabon, July 2009–June 2011. Bars below chart indicate rainy seasons. *First imported case; †second imported case; ‡first indigenous cases. A) Gabon; B) Libreville; C) Oyem; D) Koulamoutou; E) Franceville.

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