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XEC severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 subvariant in Africa: A rising health alarm

Abdulrakib Abdulrahim, Bashar H. Gulumbe, Michael A. Oluwasola, Mohammed B. Danlami, Yusuff A. Adebisi
Journal of Public Health in Africa | Vol 16, No 1 | a1235 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/jphia.v16i1.1235 | © 2025 Abdulrakib Abdulrahim, Bashar H. Gulumbe, Michael A. Oluwasola, Mohammed B. Danlami, Yusuff A. Adebisi | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 19 December 2024 | Published: 19 February 2025

About the author(s)

Abdulrakib Abdulrahim, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria; and Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
Bashar H. Gulumbe, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Michael A. Oluwasola, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Bimolecular Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
Mohammed B. Danlami, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria
Yusuff A. Adebisi, College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Keywords

SARS-CoV-2; Coronavirus disease; XEC; Africa; Prevention; Control

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