Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2010)

Reemergence of Dengue in Mauritius

  • Mohammad Iqbal Issack,
  • Vidula N. Pursem,
  • Timothy M.S. Barkham,
  • Lee-Ching Ng,
  • Masafumi Inoue,
  • Shyam S. Manraj

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1604.091582
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 16, no. 4
pp. 716 – 718

Abstract

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Dengue reemerged in Mauritius in 2009 after an absence of >30 years, and >200 cases were confirmed serologically. Molecular studies showed that the outbreak was caused by dengue virus type 2. Phylogenetic analysis of the envelope gene identified 2 clades of the virus. No case of hemorrhagic fever was recorded.

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