Epidemiological assessment of the severity of dengue epidemics in French Guiana.
Claude FlamandCamille FritzellChristelle PrincePhilippe AbboudVanessa ArdillonLuisiane CarvalhoMagalie DemarRachida BoukhariMartine Papaix-PuechNarcisse ElengaDominique RoussetSéverine MatheusMathieu NacherPhilippe QuenelFélix DjossouPublished in: PloS one (2017)
Our findings provide a recent epidemiological description of the severity of dengue epidemics in French Guiana. These results highlight the potential impacts and consequences of implementing the WHO 2009 classification on hospital activity. Future studies should include virological and immunological investigations of well-documented serum samples.