This article was published thanks to the collaboration of CERMES and various Nigerien public health stakeholders invested in national epidemiological surveillance, with the support of the AFROSCREEN project.
Dengue fever is the main mosquito-borne viral disease in humans, with a high morbidity rate in tropical and subtropical countries. The disease is caused by four distinct dengue virus (DENV) serotypes, DENV-1 through -4, all of which belong to the family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. About 3.6 billion people live in areas at risk of DENV transmission, resulting in up to 390 million infections and 96 million symptomatic cases per year. Although the disease is highly endemic in the West African region, little is known about the prevalence and distribution of DENV in Niger. This article reports the first laboratory-confirmed case of dengue fever in Niger.
The article is available in the scientific journal IJID Regions on ScienceDirect
Dengue fever is the main mosquito-borne viral disease in humans, with a high morbidity rate in tropical and subtropical countries. The disease is caused by four distinct dengue virus (DENV) serotypes, DENV-1 through -4, all of which belong to the family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. About 3.6 billion people live in areas at risk of DENV transmission, resulting in up to 390 million infections and 96 million symptomatic cases per year. Although the disease is highly endemic in the West African region, little is known about the prevalence and distribution of DENV in Niger. This article reports the first laboratory-confirmed case of dengue fever in Niger.
The article is available in the scientific journal IJID Regions on ScienceDirect
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