Journal of Bioanalysis & Biomedicine

Linda Okoye

Publications

• Research Article
  The Potency of Yellow Fever Vaccines Sold in Open Markets in Eastern Nigeria
  Author(s): Godwin Chukwuma, Linda Okoye, Kenneth Ngwoke and Charles EsimoneGodwin Chukwuma, Linda Okoye, Kenneth Ngwoke and Charles Esimone
  
  Background: There has been a re-emergence of Yellow Fever (YF) disease across Africa and in South America since the 1980s. According to WHO estimate, 508 million people in 32 countries are at risk because of their location in the rainforest region, the habitat of the vector mosquito.Intense YF virus circulation occurred in West Africa in 2008 and 2009 with outbreaks reported from Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Between January 2010 and March 2011, outbreaks of YF were reported to the WHO by Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Senegal and Uganda. Most recent outbreaks in Africa were reported simultaneously in Ghanaand Cameroun on the 3rd of February, 2012.This study investigates a possible correlation between vaccine manufacture, cold chain handling a.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/1948-593X.1000094

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