Abstract
We identified dengue in ≈51% of patients given a clinical diagnosis of suspected dengue in Taiz, Yemen, during 2016. The cosmopolitan genotype of dengue virus type 2 was most common; viruses appeared to have originated in Saudi Arabia. Damage to public health infrastructure during the ongoing civil war might enable dengue to become endemic to Yemen.
Highlights
We identified dengue in ≈51% of patients given a clinical diagnosis of suspected dengue in Taiz, Yemen, during 2016
The percentage of previous exposure to dengue virus (DENV) among febrile patients was higher in Hodeidah (≈75%) than that seen in Taiz (≈34%) [10]
The febrile patients who did not have dengue seen in Taiz could have had other infections, including chikungunya and malaria, because these 2 mosquitoborne infectious diseases are present in Yemen [10,11]
Summary
We identified dengue in ≈51% of patients given a clinical diagnosis of suspected dengue in Taiz, Yemen, during 2016. A total of 436 serum specimens were obtained from patients with clinically suspected dengue (age range 1–70 years) who sought healthcare within 2–7 days after the onset of fever Samples were kept at –20°C until they were transported to the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Reference and Research (Dengue/ Severe Dengue) at the Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Centre, University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).
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