Dengue Virus Exported from Côte d’Ivoire to Japan, June 2017

Dengue Virus Exported from Côte d’Ivoire to Japan, June 2017

Since April 2017, a dengue fever outbreak has been ongoing in Côte d’Ivoire. We diagnosed dengue fever (type 2 virus) in a traveler returning to Japan from Côte d’Ivoire. Phylogenetic analysis revealed strain homology with the Burkina Faso 2016 strain. This case may serve as an alert to possible dis...

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Main Authors: Tetsuya Suzuki, Satoshi Kutsuna, Satoshi Taniguchi, Shigeru Tajima, Takahiro Maeki, Fumihiro Kato, Chang-Kweng Lim, Masayuki Saijo, Kei Yamamoto, Shinichiro Morioka, Masahiro Ishikane, Kayoko Hayakawa, Yasuyuki Kato, Norio Ohmagari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-10-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
dengue fever
Africa
Abidjan
Côte d’Ivoire
outbreak
viruses
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/10/17-1132_article
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Summary:Since April 2017, a dengue fever outbreak has been ongoing in Côte d’Ivoire. We diagnosed dengue fever (type 2 virus) in a traveler returning to Japan from Côte d’Ivoire. Phylogenetic analysis revealed strain homology with the Burkina Faso 2016 strain. This case may serve as an alert to possible disease spread outside Africa.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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