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

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

Euro Surveill. 2017 Apr 06;22(14):

Authors: Aubry M, Teissier Y, Mapotoeke M, Teissier A, Giard M, Musso D, Cao-Lormeau VM

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.

PMID: 28422007 [PubMed - in process]

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