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ArticleTropical medicine and health2021

Zika virus endemic challenges during COVID-19 pandemic in Africa.

Abdullahi Tunde Aborode, Mahnoor Sukaina, Harendra Kumar, Tahreem Farooqui, Samar Faheem, Priyanka Chahal, Luay Alkazmi, Helal F Hetta, Gaber El-Saber Batiha

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Article in Tropical medicine and health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Malaria vaccine: The lasting solution to malaria burden in Africa.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022
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9 authors.

Abdullahi Tunde AborodeHealth Africans Platform, Research and Development, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Mahnoor SukainaKarachi Medical and Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan. msukainavazir193@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2289-0425
Harendra KumarDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Tahreem FarooquiDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Samar FaheemDow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Priyanka ChahalS. Tentishev Asian Medical Institute, Kant, Kyrgyzstan.
Luay AlkazmiDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, 21955, Saudi Arabia.
Helal F HettaDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71515, Egypt.
Gaber El-Saber BatihaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zika virus remains endemic and opportunistic of high transmission in the tropical region of Africa, and the repeated cases of the Zika virus in Africa made it public health emergency in 2016. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the catastrophic cases of unknown and unreported deaths overwhelming the region of Africa could not give health attention to respond to other endemic diseases. Here, we present the possible complication and challenges associated with the Zika virus in Africa and COVID-19 predominance, shifting the attention from the Zika virus surveillance. This paper determines to enlighten the reader about the situation, the efforts to curb the transmission of both the Zika virus and the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the report recommends sustainable solutions that can lessen the threat to public health.

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AfricaChallengesCOVID-19 pandemicZika virus, Endemic

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PMCPMC8512648

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