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- Title
Detection of Dengue Virus among Children with Suspected Malaria, Accra, Ghana.
- Authors
Duodu, Samuel; Dennis, Francis E.; Bonney, Joseph H. K.; Mosi, Lydia; Agbosu, Eudosia E.; Pratt, Deborah; Armah, George E.; Awandare, Gordon A.; Amoako, Nicholas; Takaya Hayashi; Asante, Kwaku P.; Ameh, Juliana; Operario, Darwin J.; Jie Liu; Houpt, Eric R.; Fields, Barry; Stoler, Justin; Hayashi, Takaya; Liu, Jie
- Abstract
We report new molecular evidence of locally acquired dengue virus infections in Ghana. We detected dengue viral RNA among children with suspected malaria by using a multipathogen real-time PCR. Subsequent sequence analysis revealed a close relationship with dengue virus serotype 2, which was implicated in a 2016 outbreak in Burkina Faso.
- Subjects
GHANA; DENGUE viruses; MALARIA diagnosis; PUBLIC health; SWEET'S syndrome; PATHOGENIC microorganisms
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018, Vol 24, Issue 8, p1544
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2408.180341