The epidemiology of dengue outbreaks in 2016 and 2017 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
| Autor: | Ruchita Balasubramanian, Justin Im, Andrea Haselbeck, Abdramane Bassiahi Soura, Stephen Baker, Kristi Prifti, Moussa Ouedraogo, Lady Rosny Wandji Nana, Ondari D. Mogeni, Florian Marks, John D. Clemens, Jacqueline Kyungah Lim, Christian Meyer, Hyon Jin Jeon, Jerome H. Kim, Tayma van Pomeren |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Baker, Stephen [0000-0003-1308-5755], Marks, Florian [0000-0002-6043-7170], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiology Serotypes Dengue virus medicine.disease_cause Article Dengue fever Dengue 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health parasitic diseases Burkina Faso medicine lcsh:Social sciences (General) lcsh:Science (General) Dengue vaccine Disease burden Rapid diagnostic test Infectious disease Public health Multidisciplinary business.industry Outbreak medicine.disease 030104 developmental biology Viral disease Viruses lcsh:H1-99 business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery lcsh:Q1-390 |
| Zdroj: | Heliyon Heliyon, Vol 6, Iss 7, Pp e04389-(2020) |
| Popis: | Background Dengue is prevalent in as many as 128 countries with more than 100 million clinical episodes reported annually and four billion people estimated to be at risk. While dengue fever is systematically diagnosed in large parts of Asia and South America, the disease burden in Africa is less well investigated. This report describes two consecutive dengue outbreaks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 2016 and 2017. Methods Blood samples of febrile patients received at Schiphra laboratory in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, were screened for dengue infection using SD Bioline Dengue Duo rapid diagnostic test kits (Standard Diagnostics, Suwon, Republic of Korea). Results A total of 1,397 and 1,882 cases were reported by a single laboratory in 2016 and 2017, respectively. Most cases were at least 15 years of age and the results corroborated reports from WHO indicating the circulation of three dengue virus serotypes in Burkina Faso. Conclusion This study complements data from other, simultaneously conducted surveillance efforts, and indicates that the dengue disease burden might be underestimated in sub-Saharan African nations. Dengue surveillance should be enhanced in African settings to determine the burden more accurately, and accelerated efforts towards a dengue vaccine should be put in place. Viruses; Viral disease; Epidemiology; Public health; Infectious disease; Dengue, Outbreak; Burkina Faso; Serotypes. |
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