Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics associated with dengue during and outside the 2016 outbreak identified in health facility-based surveillance in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Jacqueline Kyungah LimYaro SeydouMabel CarabaliAhmed BarroDesire Lucien DahourouKang Sung LeeTeguewende NikiemaSuk NamkungJung-Seok LeeMee Young ShinEmmanuel BonnetTherese KagoneLosseni KabaTansy EdwardsPaul-André SoméJae Seung YangNeal AlexanderIn-Kyu YoonValéry Ridde

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2019)

Dengue virus is an important pathogen in Burkina Faso, accounting for a substantial proportion of non-malarial fevers both during and outside outbreak, but is only infrequently suspected by clinicians. Additional longitudinal data would help to further define characteristics of dengue for improved case detection and surveillance.

Keyphrases

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zika virus
public health
aedes aegypti
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mental health
electronic health record
candida albicans
big data
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loop mediated isothermal amplification
climate change
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