Dengue Virus Exported from Côte d’Ivoire to Japan, June 2017

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2310.171132
• Publication Date: 2017-07-26T15:51:38Z
• Authors: Tetsuya Suzuki; Satoshi Kutsuna; Satoshi Taniguchi; Shigeru Tajima; Takahiro Maeki; Fumihiro Kato; Chang-Kweng Lim; Masayuki Saijo; Motoyuki Tsuboi; Kei Yamamoto; Shinichiro Morioka; Masahiro Ishikane; Kayoko Hayakawa; Yasuyuki Kato; Norio Ohmagari
• Keywords: Male; outbreak; Côte d’Ivoire; R; Abidjan; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Dengue Virus; Middle Aged; 3. Good health; Dengue; 03 medical and health sciences; Cote d'Ivoire; 0302 clinical medicine; Japan; Africa; Research Letter; dengue fever; Medicine; Humans; viruses; Phylogeny

Since April 2017, a dengue fever outbreak has been ongoing in Côte d'Ivoire. We diagnosed dengue fever (type 2 virus) in a traveler returning to Japan from Côte d'Ivoire. Phylogenetic analysis revealed strain homology with the Burkina Faso 2016 strain. This case may serve as an alert to possible disease spread outside Africa.