Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2014)

Co-circulation of Dengue and Chikungunya Viruses, Al Hudaydah, Yemen, 2012

  • Giovanni Rezza,
  • Gamal El-Sawaf,
  • Giovanni Faggioni,
  • Fenicia Vescio,
  • Ranya Al Ameri,
  • Riccardo De Santis,
  • Ghada Helaly,
  • Alice Pomponi,
  • Dalia Metwally,
  • Massimo Fantini,
  • Hussein Qadi,
  • Massimo Ciccozzi,
  • Florigio Lista

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2008.131615
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 8
pp. 1351 – 1354

Abstract

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We investigated 400 cases of dengue-like illness in persons hospitalized during an outbreak in Al Hudaydah, Yemen, in 2012. Overall, 116 dengue and 49 chikungunya cases were diagnosed. Dengue virus type 2 was the predominant serotype. The co-circulation of these viruses indicates that mosquitoborne infections represent a public health threat in Yemen.

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