Concurrent chikungunya and dengue virus infections during simultaneous outbreaks, Gabon, 2007

An outbreak of febrile illness occurred in Gabon in 2007, with 20,000 suspected cases. Chikungunya or dengue-2 virus infections were identified in 321 patients; 8 patients had documented co-infections. Aedes albopictus was identified as the principal vector for the transmission of both viruses.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2009-04, Vol.15 (4), p.591-593
Hauptverfasser:	Leroy, Eric M, Nkoghe, Dieudoné, Ollomo, Benjamin, Nze-Nkogue, Chimène, Becquart, Pierre, Grard, Gilda, Pourrut, Xavier, Charrel, Rémi, Moureau, Grégory, Ndjoyi-Mbiguino, Angélique, De-Lamballerie, Xavier
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aedes - virology Aedes albopictus Alphavirus Infections - complications Alphavirus Infections - epidemiology Alphavirus Infections - transmission Animals arbovirus chikungunya Chikungunya fever Chikungunya virus Communicable Diseases, Emerging - complications Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - transmission Communicable Diseases, Emerging - virology Communicable Diseases, Emerging/complications/epidemiology/transmission/virology Dengue Dengue - complications Dengue - epidemiology Dengue - transmission Dengue - virology Dengue virus Dengue Virus - classification Dengue Virus - genetics Dengue Virus - isolation & purification Dengue virus type 2 Dengue Virus/classification/genetics/isolation & purification Dengue/complications/epidemiology/transmission/virology Disease Outbreaks Disease transmission Dispatch Distribution Gabon - epidemiology Genome, Viral Human health sciences Humans Immunologie & maladie infectieuse Immunology & infectious disease Insect Vectors - virology Phylogeny Sciences de la santé humaine Vector-borne infections viruses
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Zusammenfassung:	An outbreak of febrile illness occurred in Gabon in 2007, with 20,000 suspected cases. Chikungunya or dengue-2 virus infections were identified in 321 patients; 8 patients had documented co-infections. Aedes albopictus was identified as the principal vector for the transmission of both viruses.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1504.080664