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Article

Syndromic Surveillance of Potentially Epidemic Infectious Diseases: Detection of a Measles Epidemic in Two Health Centers in Gabon, Central Africa

by
Pater Noster Sir-Ondo-Enguier
1,2,
Edgard Brice Ngoungou
3,
Yves-Noel Nghomo
4,
Larson Boundenga
2,
Priscille Moupiga-Ndong
5,
Euloge Ibinga
3,
Xavier Deparis
1 and
Jean-Bernard Lékana-Douki
2,6,*
1
UMR 912 Sciences Economiques et Sociales de la Santé et Traitement de I’Information Médicale, Université d’Aix-Marseille, Marseille, France
2
Unité, Evolution, Épidémiologie et Résistances Parasitaires, Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville - CIRMF, BP 769 Franceville, Gabon
3
Département d’Epidémiologie Biostatistiques et Informatique Médicale (DEBIM), Faculté de Médecine, Université des Sciences de la Santé, Libreville, Gabon
4
Centre Hospitalier Régional d’Oyem, Oyem, Gabon
5
Centre de Santé de Nzeng- Ayong, Libreville, Gabon
6
Département de Parasitologie-Mycologie et de Médecine Tropicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université des Sciences de la Santé, Libreville, Gabon
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Infect. Dis. Rep. 2019, 11(1), 7701; https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2019.7701
Submission received: 4 April 2018 / Revised: 27 March 2019 / Accepted: 10 April 2019 / Published: 23 May 2019

Abstract

Measles is a respiratory disease caused by the measles virus (MV) belonging to the Paramyxovirus family and the Morbillivirus genus. Due to a failure in maintaining immunization coverage in some countries, measles is a re-emerging disease in the human population, especially in Africa. The aim of this study was to describe a measles epidemic in Gabon. At first, a syndromic surveillance was set up. Blood samples from febrile patients with maculopapular rash were taken and sent to the measles reference center in Cameroon for laboratory confirmation. Between March and May 2016, 79 clinically suspected cases were reported including 82.3% (n=65) and 17.7% (n=14) in Oyem and Libreville, respectively. In total, 39.2% (n=31) of children were 11 months-old, 34.2% (n=27) were children aged 1 to 4 years, 11.4% (n=9) were older children from 5 to 9 years, 6.3% (n=5) of children were aged 10 to 15 years and 8.9% (n=7) were 15 years and older. 53.3% (16/30) were laboratory confirmed. This measles outbreak reiterates the importance of maintaining a high level of vaccine coverage in Gabon for vaccine-preventable diseases, as well as the usefulness of a near-real-time surveillance system for the detection of infectious diseases.
Keywords: network; infectious diseases; measles; detection; Gabon network; infectious diseases; measles; detection; Gabon

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Sir-Ondo-Enguier, P.N.; Ngoungou, E.B.; Nghomo, Y.-N.; Boundenga, L.; Moupiga-Ndong, P.; Ibinga, E.; Deparis, X.; Lékana-Douki, J.-B. Syndromic Surveillance of Potentially Epidemic Infectious Diseases: Detection of a Measles Epidemic in Two Health Centers in Gabon, Central Africa. Infect. Dis. Rep. 2019, 11, 7701. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2019.7701

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Sir-Ondo-Enguier PN, Ngoungou EB, Nghomo Y-N, Boundenga L, Moupiga-Ndong P, Ibinga E, Deparis X, Lékana-Douki J-B. Syndromic Surveillance of Potentially Epidemic Infectious Diseases: Detection of a Measles Epidemic in Two Health Centers in Gabon, Central Africa. Infectious Disease Reports. 2019; 11(1):7701. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2019.7701

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Sir-Ondo-Enguier, Pater Noster, Edgard Brice Ngoungou, Yves-Noel Nghomo, Larson Boundenga, Priscille Moupiga-Ndong, Euloge Ibinga, Xavier Deparis, and Jean-Bernard Lékana-Douki. 2019. "Syndromic Surveillance of Potentially Epidemic Infectious Diseases: Detection of a Measles Epidemic in Two Health Centers in Gabon, Central Africa" Infectious Disease Reports 11, no. 1: 7701. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2019.7701

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Sir-Ondo-Enguier, P. N., Ngoungou, E. B., Nghomo, Y.-N., Boundenga, L., Moupiga-Ndong, P., Ibinga, E., Deparis, X., & Lékana-Douki, J.-B. (2019). Syndromic Surveillance of Potentially Epidemic Infectious Diseases: Detection of a Measles Epidemic in Two Health Centers in Gabon, Central Africa. Infectious Disease Reports, 11(1), 7701. https://doi.org/10.4081/idr.2019.7701

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