Reemergence of Dengue in Mauritius

Dengue reemerged in Mauritius in 2009 after an absence of >30 years, and >200 cases were confirmed serologically. Molecular studies showed that the outbreak was caused by dengue virus type 2. Phylogenetic analysis of the envelope gene identified 2 clades of the virus. No case of hemorrhagic fe...

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Autores principales: Issack, Mohammad I., Pursem, Vidula N., Barkham, Timothy M.S., Ng, Lee-Ching, Inoue, Masafumi, Manraj, Shyam S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20350397
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1604.091582
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Sumario:Dengue reemerged in Mauritius in 2009 after an absence of >30 years, and >200 cases were confirmed serologically. Molecular studies showed that the outbreak was caused by dengue virus type 2. Phylogenetic analysis of the envelope gene identified 2 clades of the virus. No case of hemorrhagic fever was recorded.

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