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Dengue virus serotype 2 (DENV-2) outbreak, French Polynesia, 2019
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsMaite Aubrymaubry ilm.pf
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Citation style for this article: . Dengue virus serotype 2 (DENV-2) outbreak, French Polynesia, 2019. Euro Surveill. 2019;24(29):pii=1900407. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.29.1900407 Received: 26 Jun 2019; Accepted: 18 Jul 2019
Abstract
In 1996–97, the last dengue virus serotype 2 (DENV-2) outbreak occurred in French Polynesia. In February 2019, DENV-2 infection was detected in a traveller from New Caledonia. In March, autochthonous DENV-2 infection was diagnosed in two residents. A DENV-2 outbreak was declared on 10 April with 106 cases as at 24 June. Most of the population is not immune to DENV-2; a large epidemic could occur with risk of imported cases in mainland France.
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