Volume 18, Number 2—February 2012
Letter
Dengue Surveillance among French Military in Africa
Franck de Laval, Sébastien Plumet, Fabrice Simon, Xavier Deparis, and Isabelle Leparc-Goffart
Table
Countries in Africa with evidence of dengue virus transmission among French Armed Forces, 1998–2010
| Country and year | No. cases | Testing method | Infection status | Dengue virus serotype |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon, 2010 | 1 | PCR | Confirmed | 1 |
| Cape Verde, 2010 | 5 | Culture | Confirmed | 3 |
| Central African Republic, 1995 | 1 | Serology | Probable | Unknown |
| Chad, 1998–2001, 2003, 2006, 2009–2010 | 28 | Serology | Probable | Unknown |
| Comoros | ||||
| 2010 | 1 | PCR, culture | Confirmed | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | PCR | Confirmed | 3 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | ||||
| 1999 | 1 | Culture | Confirmed | 1 |
| 2000, 2004–2007 | 11 | Serology | Probable | Unknown |
| 2010 | 1 | PCR | Confirmed | 3 |
| Djibouti | ||||
| 1998 | 4 | Culture | Confirmed | 1 |
| 1998 | 24 | Serology | Probable | Unknown |
| 2000 | 2 | Culture | Confirmed | 1 |
| 2000 | 4 | Serology | Probable | Unknown |
| 2001–2005 | 123 | Serology | Probable | Unknown |
| 2005 | 1 | PCR | Confirmed | ND |
| 2006 | 4 | Serology | Probable | Unknown |
| 2008 | 2 | Serology | Probable | Unknown |
| Gabon | ||||
| 1998, 2006–2008 | 22 | Serology | Probable | Unknown |
| 2010 | 1 | PCR | Confirmed | 1 |
| Mayotte, 2009 | 1 | Culture | Confirmed | 1 |
| Senegal, 2009 | 1 | PCR | confirmed | 3 |
| Somalia, 1999 | 1 | culture | confirmed | 2 |
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