Yonga, Martial Gide
Yandai, Fissou Henry
Sadeuh-Mba, Serge
Abdallah, Alsadick Haroun
Ouapi, Diane
Gamougam, Kadidja
Abanda, Ngu Njei
Endengue-Zanga, Marie Claire
Demanou, Maurice
Njouom, Richard http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3112-6370
Article History
Received: 20 December 2021
Accepted: 15 February 2022
First Online: 29 March 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare that no conflict of interest exists.
: This study was performed following the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. The patient samples analysed in this study were authorized for use by, and belong to, the Chadian Ministry of Health, which is charged with confirming cases of disease outbreaks and disease surveillance. The N’Djamena Mobile Laboratory for Hemorrhagic and Respiratory Viruses is the reference laboratory in Chad, and Centre Pasteur of Cameroon is the Regional Reference Laboratory for Arboviruses in the region and is charged with confirming cases detected by national laboratories. The samples were de-identified to protect the identity of patients. When a public health emergency occurs, such as the chikungunya outbreak, the Ethical Committee of the Chadian Ministry of Public Health permits the use of biological material and associated epidemiological information without informed consent, including anonymous disclosure of results.