High Dengue Burden and Circulation of 4 Virus Serotypes among Children with Undifferentiated Fever, Kenya, 2014–2017

High Dengue Burden and Circulation of 4 Virus Serotypes among Children with Undifferentiated Fever, Kenya, 2014–2017

Little is known about the extent and serotypes of dengue viruses circulating in Africa. We evaluated the presence of dengue viremia during 4 years of surveillance (2014–2017) among children with febrile illness in Kenya. Acutely ill febrile children were recruited from 4 clinical sites in western a...

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Main Authors: Melisa M. Shah, Bryson A. Ndenga, Francis M. Mutuku, David M. Vu, Elysse N. Grossi-Soyster, Victoria Okuta, Charles O. Ronga, Philip K. Chebii, Priscilla Maina, Zainab Jembe, Carren M. Bosire, Jael S. Amugongo, Malaya K. Sahoo, ChunHong Huang, Jenna Weber, Sean V. Edgerton, Jimmy Hortion, Shannon N. Bennett, Benjamin A. Pinsky, A. Desiree LaBeaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-11-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
dengue
dengue virus
viruses
arboviruses
serotypes
disease burden
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-0960_article

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