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Volume 32, Number 4—April 2026

Dispatch

Outbreak of Dengue Virus Serotype 3, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2019–2021

Tomás M. LeónComments to Author , Jill McCready, Erlynda Chutaro, Janet McAllister, Bobson Solomon, and Limb K. Hapairai
Author affiliation: Pacific Island Health Officers’ Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (T.M. León, L.K. Hapairai); Republic of the Marshall Islands Ministry of Health and Human Services, Majuro, Marshall Islands (J. McCready, E. Chutaro, B. Solomon); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J. McAllister); City of New Orleans Mosquito Termite & Rodent Control Board, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (J. McAllister)

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Table 3

Characteristics of patients with dengue-like illness during outbreak of dengue virus serotype 3, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2019–2021

Characteristics
 No. (%) persons, n = 3,859
 Attack rate, %
 No. (%) hospitalized
Sex
F 1,907 (49) 9.2 684 (36)
M
 1,934 (50)
 8.9
 456 (24)
Age group, y
0–4 412 (11) 8.7 50 (12)
5–17 1,685 (44) 13.1 454 (27)
18–49 1,381 (36) 7.3 290 (21)
>50
 381 (10)
 6.4
 42 (11)
Atoll
Majuro 3,403 (88) 14.7 636 (19)
Kwajalein 277 (7) 2.8 143 (52)
Other 179 (5) 1.9 57 (32)

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