Molecular Characterization of Circulating Yellow Fever Viruses from Outbreak in Ghana, 2021–2022
Joseph Humphrey Kofi Bonney
, Terrel Sanders, Deborah Pratt, Bright Agbodzi, Dennis Laryea, Nana Kwame Fredua Agyeman, Selassie Kumordjie, Keren Attiku, Patience Lartekai Adams, Gideon Aning Boateng, Sally-Ann Ohene, Christopher Tamal, Gifty Mawuli, Clara Yeboah, Samuel Dadzie, Chrysantus Kubio, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, and John Kofi Odoom
Author affiliations: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research Virology Department, Legon Accra, Ghana (J.H.K. Bonney, D. Pratt, K. Attiku, P.L. Adams, G.A. Boateng, G. Mawuli, J.K. Odoom); US Naval Medical Research Unit, No. 3, Ghana Detachment, Accra, Ghana (T. Sanders, B. Agbodzi, S. Kumordjie, C. Yeboah); Ghana Health Service Public Health Unit, Accra (D. Laryea, N.K.F. Agyeman, F. Asiedu-Bekoe); World Health Organization Ghana Country Office, Accra (S.-A. Ohene, C. Tamal); Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research Department of Parasitology, Legon Accra (S. Dadzie); Ghana Health Service–Savannah Regional Health Directorate, Damongo, Ghana (C. Kubio)
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Figure 2. Distribution of yellow fever cases over time, Ghana, January 2021–February 2022. A) Percentage positivity over the outbreak period and total number of samples processed. B) Numbers of yellow fever–positive participants over the outbreak period within the 3 regional categories.
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