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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