Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2023)

Chikungunya Outbreak in Country with Multiple Vectorborne Diseases, Djibouti, 2019–2020

  • Emilie Javelle,
  • Franck de Laval,
  • Guillaume André Durand,
  • Aissata Dia,
  • Cécile Ficko,
  • Aurore Bousquet,
  • Deborah Delaune,
  • Sébastien Briolant,
  • Audrey Mérens,
  • Constance Brossier,
  • Hervé Pommier,
  • Florian Gala,
  • Alain Courtiol,
  • Quentin Savreux,
  • Sébastien Sicard,
  • Jean-Philippe Sanchez,
  • Francis Robin,
  • Fabrice Simon,
  • Xavier de Lamballerie,
  • Gilda Grard,
  • Isabelle Leparc-Goffart,
  • Vincent Pommier de Santi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2904.221850
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 4
pp. 826 – 830

Abstract

Read online

During 2019–2020, a chikungunya outbreak occurred in Djibouti City, Djibouti, while dengue virus and malaria parasites were cocirculating. We used blotting paper to detect arbovirus emergence and confirm that it is a robust method for detecting and monitoring arbovirus outbreaks remotely.

Keywords