Clinical, Virologic, and Epidemiologic Characteristics of Dengue Outbreak, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2014
Francesco Vairo
1 , Leonard E.G. Mboera
1, Pasquale De Nardo, Ndekya M. Oriyo, Silvia Meschi, Susan F. Rumisha, Francesca Colavita, Athanas Mhina, Fabrizio Carletti, Elibariki Mwakapeje, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, Concetta Castilletti, Antonino Di Caro, Emanuele Nicastri, Mwelecele N. Malecela
2, and Giuseppe Ippolito
2
Author affiliations: National Institute for Infectious Diseases L. Spallanzani, Rome, Italy (F. Vairo, P. De Nardo, S. Meschi, F. Colavita, F. Carletti, M.R. Capobianchi, C. Castilletti, A. Di Caro, E. Nicastri, G. Ippolito); National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (L.E.G. Mboera, N.M. Oriyo, S.F. Rumisha, A. Mhina, M.N. Malecela); Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dar es Salaam (E. Mwakapeje)
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Figure 1. Geographic and clinical details of dengue outbreak, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2014. A) Location of 3 districts investigated. *Districts with no health facility available during the study. Outpatient departments were not open on weekends. Inset indicates location of Dar el Salaam in Tanzania (black). B) No. cases of dengue virus (DENV) infection and malaria and rapid diagnostic test (RDT) results during the outbreak.
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