Co-circulation of Dengue and Chikungunya Viruses, Al Hudaydah, Yemen, 2012

Co-circulation of Dengue and Chikungunya Viruses, Al Hudaydah, Yemen, 2012

We investigated 400 cases of dengue-like illness in persons hospitalized during an outbreak in Al Hudaydah, Yemen, in 2012. Overall, 116 dengue and 49 chikungunya cases were diagnosed. Dengue virus type 2 was the predominant serotype. The co-circulation of these viruses indicates that mosquitoborne...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Rezza, Gamal El-Sawaf, Giovanni Faggioni, Fenicia Vescio, Ranya Al Ameri, Riccardo De Santis, Ghada Helaly, Alice Pomponi, Dalia Metwally, Massimo Fantini, Hussein Qadi, Massimo Ciccozzi, Florigio Lista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Dengue virus
chikungunya virus
viruses
dengue-like illness
Yemen
cocirculation
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/8/13-1615_article

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