Circulation of Dengue Virus Serotype 2 in Humans and Mosquitoes During an Outbreak in El Quseir City, Egypt.
Asmaa M El-KadyHeba Ahmed OsmanMohamed Farouk AlemamDina MarghaniMohammed A ShanawazMajed H WakidWafa Abdullah I Al-MegrinHatem A ElshabrawyOsama H AbdellaKhaled S AllemailemAhmad Abdulaziz A AlmatroudiMostafa I El-AmirPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2022)
This was the first serotyping of the DENV responsible for dengue virus outbreak in Egypt in 2017. Determining the serotype of dengue virus can help to avoid and monitor outbreaks. The serotype identified in this study was DENV-2, while DENV-1 was the serotype found in the previous outbreak in 2015 in the province of Assiut. This study thus raises concerns that a new dengue serotype could have been introduced into Egypt. It is necessary for a comprehensive risk assessment to be carried out in the country, including an entomological survey, to assess the presence and potential geographical expansion of mosquito vectors there.