Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2014)

Urban Epidemic of Dengue Virus Serotype 3 Infection, Senegal, 2009

  • Ousmane Faye,
  • Yamar Ba,
  • Oumar Faye,
  • Cheikh Talla,
  • Diawo Diallo,
  • Rubing Chen,
  • Mireille Mondo,
  • Rouguiétou Ba,
  • Edgard Macondo,
  • Tidiane Siby,
  • Scott C. Weaver,
  • Mawlouth Diallo,
  • Amadou Alpha Sall

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2003.121885
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 3
pp. 456 – 459

Abstract

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An urban epidemic of dengue in Senegal during 2009 affected 196 persons and included 5 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever and 1 fatal case of dengue shock syndrome. Dengue virus serotype 3 was identified from all patients, and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were identified as the primary vector of the virus.

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