Chikungunya Outbreak in Country with Multiple Vectorborne Diseases, Djibouti, 2019–2020
Emilie Javelle, Franck de Laval, Guillaume André Durand, Aissata Dia, Cécile Ficko, Aurore Bousquet, Deborah Delaune, Sébastien Briolant, Audrey Mérens, Constance Brossier, Hervé Pommier, Florian Gala, Alain Courtiol, Quentin Savreux, Sébastien Sicard, Jean-Philippe Sanchez, Francis Robin, Fabrice Simon, Xavier de Lamballerie, Gilda Grard, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, and Vincent Pommier de Santi
Author affiliations: French Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France (E. Javelle, G.A. Durand, S. Briolant, F. Simon, X. de Lamballerie, G. Grard, I. Leparc-Goffart, V. Pommier de Santi); French Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute, Marseille (E. Javelle, G.A. Durand, S. Briolant, G. Grard, I. Leparc-Goffart); University Hospital Institute-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille (E. Javelle, S. Briolant); French Armed Forces Center for Epidemiology and Public Health, Marseille (F. de Laval, A. Dia, C. Brossier, S. Sicard, V. Pommier de Santi); Bégin Military Teaching Hospital, Saint Mandé, France (C. Ficko, A. Bousquet, A. Mérens, A. Courtiol); Armed Forces Biomedical Research Institute, Brétigny-Sur-Orge, France (D. Delaune); French Military Health Service, Djibouti City, Djibouti (H. Pommier, F. Gala, Q. Savreux, J.-P. Sanchez, F. Robin)
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Figure 2. Vectorborne diseases among the French Defense Community in Djibouti: epidemic curve and availability of diagnostic tools, 2020 (chikungunya = 58, dengue = 56, and malaria = 6 cases). NS1, nonstructural protein 1; RT-PCR, reverse transcription PCR.
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