Dengue Outbreak during Ongoing Civil War, Taiz, Yemen

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作者
Alghazali, KhairAlah A. [1 ]
Teoh, Boon-Teong [1 ]
Loong, Shih-Keng [1 ]
Sam, Sing-Sin [1 ]
Che-Mat-Seri, Nurul-Asma-Anati [1 ]
Samsudin, Nur-Izyan [1 ]
Yaacob, Che-Norainon [1 ]
Azizan, Noor-Syahida [1 ]
Oo, Adrian [1 ]
Baharudin, Nur-Adilah [1 ]
Tan, Kim-Kee [1 ]
Abd-Jamil, Juraina [1 ]
Nor'e, Siti-Sarah [1 ]
Khor, Chee-Sieng [1 ]
Johari, Jefree [1 ]
Mahdy, Mohammed A. K. [2 ]
AbuBakar, Sazaly [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
[2] Univ Sci & Technol, Sanaa, Yemen
关键词
CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUSES; SITUATION;
D O I
10.3201/eid2507.180046
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
We identified dengue in approximate to 51% of patients given a clinical diagnosis of suspected dengue in Taiz, Yemen, during 2016. The cosmopolitan genotype of dengue virus type 2 was most common; viruses appeared to have originated in Saudi Arabia. Damage to public health infrastructure during the ongoing civil war might enable dengue to become endemic to Yemen.
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页码:1397 / 1400
页数:4
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