The emergence of an imported variant of dengue virus serotype 2 in the Jazan region, southwestern Saudi Arabia.
Ommer Mohammed DafallaAhmed A AbdulhaqHatim AlmutairiElsiddig NoureldinJaber GhzwaniOmar MashiKhalid J ShrwaniYahya HobaniOhood SufyaniReem AyedAbdullah AlamriHesham M Al-MekhlafiZaki M EisaPublished in: Tropical diseases, travel medicine and vaccines (2023)
The emergence of imported DENV variants is a serious challenge for the dengue fever surveillance and control programmes in endemic areas. Therefore, further investigations and continuous surveillance of existing and new viral strains in the region are warranted.