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Genomic Characterization of Circulating Dengue Virus, Ethiopia, 2022–2023
Adugna Abera
1
, Houriiyah Tegally
1
, Geremew Tasew, Eduan Wilkinson, Abraham Ali, Feyisa Regasa, Molalegne Bitew, Mahlet Belachew, Lucious Chabuka, Gaspary Mwanyika, Derek Tshiabuila, Jennifer Giandhari, Sureshnee Pillay, Jenicca Poogavanan, Monika Moir, Moritz U.G. Kraemer, Kamran Khan, Carmen Huber, Getachew Tollera, Tobias F. Rinke de Wit, Cheryl Baxter, Richard Lessells, Dawit Wolday, Dereje Beyene
2, Tulio de Oliveira
2, and
CLIMADE Consortium3
Author affiliation: Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (A. Abera, G. Tasew, A. Ali, F. Regasa, M. Belachew, G. Tollera, D. Wolday); Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa (A. Abera, D. Beyene); Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa (H. Tegally, E. Wilkinson, L. Chabuka, G. Mwanyika, D. Tshiabuila, J. Poogavanan, M. Moir, C. Baxter, T. de Oliveira); Bio and Emerging Technology Institute, Addis Ababa (M. Bitew); University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa (J. Giandhari, S. Pillay, R. Lessells, T. de Oliveira); University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (M.U.G. Kraemer); University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (K. Khan); BlueDot, Toronto (K. Khan, C. Huber); University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (T.F. Rinke de Wit); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (D. Wolday)
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Figure 1. Spatiotemporal distribution of dengue cases in study of genomic characterization of circulating DENV, Ethiopia, 2022–2023. A–C) Number of dengue cases in Ethiopia in Afar Region during April 2023–August 2023 outbreak (A), Dire Dawa during June 2023–April 2024 outbreak (B), and national count during 2023–2024 (C). Each colored vertical line under bars indicates 1 sequenced genome. D) DENV serotype distribution of sampled cases. Size of circles indicates number of cases for each serotype. DENV, dengue virus.
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