Unrecognized Dengue Virus Infections in Children, Western Kenya, 2014–2015

We detected a cluster of dengue virus infections in children in Kenya during July 2014–June 2015. Most cases were serotype 1, but we detected all 4 serotypes, including co-infections with 2 serotypes. Our findings implicate dengue as a cause of febrile illness in this population and highlight a need...

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Autores principales: Vu, David M., Mutai, Noah, Heath, Claire J., Vulule, John M., Mutuku, Francis M., Ndenga, Bryson A., LaBeaud, A. Desiree
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048283
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.170807
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Mutuku, Francis M.
Ndenga, Bryson A.
LaBeaud, A. Desiree
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description We detected a cluster of dengue virus infections in children in Kenya during July 2014–June 2015. Most cases were serotype 1, but we detected all 4 serotypes, including co-infections with 2 serotypes. Our findings implicate dengue as a cause of febrile illness in this population and highlight a need for robust arbovirus surveillance.
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spelling pubmed-56524132017-11-01 Unrecognized Dengue Virus Infections in Children, Western Kenya, 2014–2015 Vu, David M. Mutai, Noah Heath, Claire J. Vulule, John M. Mutuku, Francis M. Ndenga, Bryson A. LaBeaud, A. Desiree Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We detected a cluster of dengue virus infections in children in Kenya during July 2014–June 2015. Most cases were serotype 1, but we detected all 4 serotypes, including co-infections with 2 serotypes. Our findings implicate dengue as a cause of febrile illness in this population and highlight a need for robust arbovirus surveillance. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5652413/ /pubmed/29048283 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.170807 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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