Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2014)

Dengue Virus Type 3, South Pacific Islands, 2013

  • Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau,
  • Claudine Roche,
  • Didier Musso,
  • Henri-Pierre Mallet,
  • Tenneth Dalipanda,
  • Alfred Dofai,
  • Francisco Nogareda,
  • Eric J. Nilles,
  • John Aaskov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2006.131413
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 6
pp. 1034 – 1036

Abstract

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After an 18-year absence, dengue virus serotype 3 reemerged in the South Pacific Islands in 2013. Outbreaks in western (Solomon Islands) and eastern (French Polynesia) regions were caused by different genotypes. This finding suggested that immunity against dengue virus serotype, rather than virus genotype, was the principal determinant of reemergence.

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