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. 2017 Apr 6;22(14):30505.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.14.30505.

High risk of dengue type 2 outbreak in French Polynesia, 2017

Maite Aubry  1 , Yoann Teissier  1   2 , Mihiau Mapotoeke  3 , Anita Teissier  1 , Marine Giard  3 , Didier Musso  1 , Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau  1
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High risk of dengue type 2 outbreak in French Polynesia, 2017

Maite Aubry et al. Euro Surveill. .

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  • Erratum for Euro Surveill. 2017;22(14).
    Eurosurveillance editorial team. Eurosurveillance editorial team. Euro Surveill. 2017 Apr 13;22(15):30507. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.15.30507. Euro Surveill. 2017. PMID: 28449733 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

In French Polynesia, the four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV-1 to -4) have caused 14 epidemics since the mid-1940s. From the end of 2016, an increasing number of Pacific Island Countries and Territories have reported DENV-2 outbreaks and in February 2017, DENV-2 infection was detected in French Polynesia in three travellers from Vanuatu. As DENV-2 has not been circulating in French Polynesia since December 2000, there is high risk for an outbreak to occur.

Keywords: Arbovirus; Dengue virus; French Polynesia; Pacific; Serotype 2; outbreak.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Map of DENV-2 epidemics reported in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories, February–March 2017
Figure 2
Figure 2
Phylogenetic analysis of DENV-2 strains isolated in French Polynesia, February 2017 (n = 3)
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Figure 3
The circulation of the four dengue virus serotypes and of Zika and chikungunya viruses in French Polynesia, 1944–2017
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