An outbreak of dengue virus (DENV) type 2 cosmopolitan genotype in Israeli travellers returning from the seychelles, April 2017

Yaniv Lustig; D. Wolf; O. Halutz; E. Schwartz

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.26.30563

An outbreak of dengue virus (DENV) type 2 cosmopolitan genotype in Israeli travellers returning from the seychelles, April 2017

Yaniv Lustig
, D. Wolf
, O. Halutz
, E. Schwartz

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Tel Aviv University

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Dengue virus infection was diagnosed in six Israeli travellers returning from the Seychelles in April 2017. Phylogenetic analysis identified identical sequences belonging to the Cosmopolitan genotype of dengue virus type 2 in all samples sequenced, thus providing evidence for a probable dengue type 2 outbreak in the Seychelles. This report further demonstrates the role of travellers as sentinels for arboviral infections, especially in countries with limited diagnostic capabilities.

Original language	English
Journal	Eurosurveillance
Volume	22
Issue number	26
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.26.30563
State	Published - 29 Jun 2017

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Virology

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An outbreak of dengue virus (DENV) type 2 cosmopolitan genotype in Israeli travellers returning from the seychelles, April 2017

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