Publications by authors named "Peter C Okeke"
Article Synopsis
- Since 2017, yellow fever has been a significant health concern in Nigeria, with coordinated response efforts led by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and supported by the World Health Organization, emphasizing the need to identify mosquito vectors involved in transmission.
- Over a period from 2017 to 2020, researchers collected various stages of mosquitoes in sixteen states, using advanced techniques to identify species and detect arboviruses.
- The study found that many states harbored virus-infected mosquitoes, particularly the yellow fever virus, posing a considerable risk of transmission, with certain regions showing higher infection rates and mosquito populations surpassing typical thresholds for disease spread.
