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Volume 31, Number 2—February 2025
Online Report

Arbovirus Epidemics as Global Health Imperative, Africa, 2023

Salifou T. BangouraComments to Author , Alpha-Kabinet Keita, Maladho Diaby, Sidikiba Sidibé, Frederic Le-Marcis, Saidouba C. Camara, Stéphanie Maltais, Kadio J.J.O. Kadio, Eric D’Ortenzio, Alioune Camara, Eric Delaporte, Alexandre Delamou, Philippe Vanhems, Michèle Ottmann, Nagham Khanafer, and Abdoulaye Touré
Author affiliation: Gamal Abdel Nasser University, Conakry, Guinea (S.T. Bangoura, A.-K. Keita, M. Diaby, S. Sidibé, K.J.J.O. Kadio, A. Camara, A. Delamou, A. Touré); Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Infectiologie de Guinée, Conakry (S.T. Bangoura, A.-K. Keita, M. Diaby, F. Le-Marcis, S.C. Camara, K.J.J.O. Kadio, A. Camara, A. Touré); TransVIHMI, Université de Montpellier-INSERM-IRD, Montpellier, France (A.-K. Keita, F. Le-Marcis, E. Delaporte); Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Lyon, France (F. Le-Marcis); University of Ottawa School of International Development and Global Studies, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (S. Maltais); ANRS Maladies infectieuses émergentes, Inserm, Paris, France (E. D’Ortenzio); AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Paris (E. D’Ortenzio); African Centre of Excellence in the Prevention and Control of Communicable Diseases, Gamal Abdel Nasser University, Conakry (A. Delamou); National Center for Training and Research in Rural Health of Maferinyah, Forécariah, Guinea (A. Delamou); Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Inserm, Lyon (P. Vanhems, M. Ottmann, N. Khanafer); Infection Control Unit, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon (P. Vanhems, N. Khanafer)

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Table

Distribution of arbovirus cases in humans, Africa, 2023*

Type of arbovirus Country No. suspected cases No. confirmed cases No. deaths
Dengue Burkina Faso 21,4536 17,125 688
Mali 5,369 808 34
Ethiopia 20,486 272 17
Senegal ND 254 0
Chad 2,013 72 1
Mauritius 222 40 0
São Tomé and Príncipe ND 31 22
Egypt 500 31 0
Côte d'Ivoire 85 22 0
Nigeria 72 14 0
Ghana 18 9 0
Togo ND 8 1
Cabo Verde 58 7 0
Angola ND 3 0
Guinea 5 1 1
Niger 148 0 0
Sudan 1,664 ND 7
Total
 245,176
 18,697
 771
Yellow fever Cameroon 10 49 6
Nigeria 1,798 21 21
Congo 374 15 2
Central African Republic 336 13 6
Guinea 262 3 4
Senegal ND 2 0
Côte d'Ivoire ND 1 0
Gabon 119 ND 0
Uganda 12 ND 0
Total
 2,911
 104
 39
Chikungunya Burkina Faso 234 351 1
Senegal ND 338 0
Namibia ND 1 0
Mali 4 1 0
Total
 238
 691
 1
Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever Senegal ND 8 2
Mauritania ND 3 0
Namibia ND 1 1
Total
 ND
 12
 3
Rift Valley Fever Uganda 20 27 4
Niger ND 1 1
Mauritania ND 1 0
Total
 20
 29
 5
West Nile Tunisia 5 10 1
Namibia ND 1 0
Senegal ND 1 0
Total
 5
 12
 1
Zika Mali ND 22 0
Senegal ND 2 0
Total ND 24 0

*ND, not defined

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