Browsing by Author "Gumede, Nicksy"

Browsing by Author "Gumede, Nicksy"

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  • Emergence of vaccine-derived polioviruses, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2004-2011 
    Gumede, Nicksy; Lentsoane, Olivia; Burns, Cara C.; Pallansch, Mark; de Gourville, Esther; Yogolelo, Riziki; Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean Jacques; Puren, Adrian; Schoub, Barry D.; Venter, Marietjie (Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013-10)
    Polioviruses isolated from 70 acute flaccid paralysis patients from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during 2004–2011 were characterized and found to be vaccine- derived type 2 polioviruses (VDPV2s). Partial ...
  • Phylogeny of imported and reestablished wild polioviruses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2006 to 2011 
    Gumede, Nicksy; Jorba, Jaume; Deshpande, Jagadish; Pallansch, Mark; Yogolelo, Riziki; Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean Jacques; Kew, Olen; Venter, Marietjie; Burns, Cara C. (Oxford University Press, 2014-11-01)
    BACKGROUND : The last case of polio associated with wild poliovirus (WPV) indigenous to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was reported in 2001, marking a major milestone toward polio eradication in Africa. However, ...
  • Reemergence of recombinant vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreak in Madagascar 
    Rakoto-Andrianarivelo, Mala; Gumede, Nicksy; Jegouic, Sophie; Balanant, Jean; Andriamamonjy, Seta N.; Rabemanantsoa, Sendraharimanana; Birmingham, Maureen; Randriamanalina, Bakolalao; Nkolomoni, Léon; Venter, Marietjie; Schoub, Barry D.; Delpeyroux, Francis; Reynes, Jean-Marc (University of Chicago Press, 2008-05-15)
    Background. After the 2001–2002 poliomyelitis outbreak due to recombinant vaccine-derived polioviruses (VDPVs) in the Toliara province of Madagascar, another outbreak reoccurred in the same province in 2005. Methods. We ...