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. 2025 Nov 23.
doi: 10.1186/s12879-025-12122-8. Online ahead of print.

Viral etiology of acute respiratory infections in Sub-Saharan Africa during the pre-COVID-19 period (2006-2019): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Benjamin W O Kaboré  1   2 , Nina Gouba  3   4 , Abdoul Kader Ilboudo  3   5 , Moussa Lingani  6 , Madi Savadogo  3   7   8 , Ezechiel Ouedraogo  3 , Assana Cissé  3 , Virginie Simonis  9 , Zékiba Tarnagda  3
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Viral etiology of acute respiratory infections in Sub-Saharan Africa during the pre-COVID-19 period (2006-2019): a systematic review and meta-analysis

Benjamin W O Kaboré et al. BMC Infect Dis. .
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Keywords: Acute respiratory infections; Africa; Etiology; Meta-analysis; Prevalence; Respiratory virus; Sub-Saharan.

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Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable. Consent to publication: All authors read and approved the final revision. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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