Arboviral diseases: the emergence of a major yet ignored public health threat in Africa

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¹ Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum 11111, Sudan; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. Electronic address: ayman.ame.ahmed@gmail.com.
² Directorate of Epidemics and Humanitarian Settings, Sudan Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan.
³ Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Nile University, Khartoum, Sudan.

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doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30269-2.

¹ Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum 11111, Sudan; Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; World Reference Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. Electronic address: ayman.ame.ahmed@gmail.com.
² Directorate of Epidemics and Humanitarian Settings, Sudan Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan.
³ Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Nile University, Khartoum, Sudan.

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