Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2024)

Reemergence of Sylvatic Dengue Virus Serotype 2 in Kedougou, Senegal, 2020

  • Idrissa Dieng,
  • Maryam Diarra,
  • Bacary Djilocalisse Sadio,
  • Bocar Sow,
  • Alioune Gaye,
  • Amadou Diallo,
  • Martin Faye,
  • Marie Henriette Dior Ndione,
  • Diawo Diallo,
  • Safietou Sankhe,
  • Mignane Ndiaye,
  • Fode Danfakha,
  • Boly Diop,
  • Amadou Alpha Sall,
  • Gamou Fall,
  • Oumar Faye,
  • Cheikh Loucoubar,
  • Ousmane Faye,
  • Scott C. Weaver,
  • Mawlouth Diallo,
  • Mamadou Aliou Barry,
  • Moussa Moise Diagne

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3004.231301
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 4
pp. 770 – 774

Abstract

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In 2020, a sylvatic dengue virus serotype 2 infection outbreak resulted in 59 confirmed dengue cases in Kedougou, Senegal, suggesting those strains might not require adaptation to reemerge into urban transmission cycles. Large-scale genomic surveillance and updated molecular diagnostic tools are needed to effectively prevent dengue virus infections in Senegal.

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