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Dengue Fever in Burkina Faso, 2016

Zékiba Tarnagda et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

We report 1,327 probable cases of dengue in Burkina Faso in 2016. Of 35 serum samples tested by a trioplex test, 19 were confirmed dengue virus (DENV)‒positive: 11 DENV-2, 6 DENV-3, 2 nontypeable, and 1 DENV-2/DENV-3 co-infection. Molecular testing should be conducted to correctly identify causative agents in this complex infectious disease landscape.

Keywords: Burkina Faso; DENV-2; DENV-3; dengue; dengue fever; disease control; molecular diagnosis; reemerging dengue fever; reemerging diseases; serologic diagnosis; vector-borne infections; viruses.

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