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Volume 20, Number 3—March 2014
Dispatch

Urban Epidemic of Dengue Virus Serotype 3 Infection, Senegal, 2009

Ousmane Faye, Yamar Ba, Oumar Faye, Cheikh Talla, Diawo Diallo, Rubing Chen, Mireille Mondo, Rouguiétou Ba, Edgard Macondo, Tidiane Siby, Scott C. Weaver, Mawlouth Diallo, and Amadou Alpha SallComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal (Ousmane Faye, Y. Ba, Oumar Faye, C. Talla, D. Diallo, M. Mondo, R. Ba, M. Diallo, A.A. Sall); University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA (R. Chen, S.C. Weaver); Laboratoire de Biologie Médicale BIO24, Dakar (E. Macondo, T. Siby)

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Table

Epidemiologic and biological characteristics of suspected and confirmed dengue cases, Senegal, 2009*

Characteristic Dakar
Thies Louga Other† Total
Pateau Almadies Grand Dakar Parcelle Pikine Guediawaye Niayes Thiaroye Rufisque
Suspected cases 202 157 117 82 13 15 5 10 5 87 1‡ 3 696
Patient sex
M 91 60 56 44 8 10 2 6 2 38 1‡ 3 320
F 111 97 61 38 5 5 3 4 3 49 0 0 376
Patient age, y, median (range) 30 (1–76) 29 (2–79) 38 (5–93) 28 (3–60) 25 (9–55) 29 (20–35) 33 (11–56) 40 (8–78) 45 (26–69) 30 (6–69) 32 53
Health facility visited
Private laboratory 144 125 64 40 2 0 5 0 5 0 1‡ 0 385
Private clinic 23 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34
Public health 35 22 53 42 10 15 0 10 0 87 0 3 277
Patient nationality
Senegalese 96 98 89 82 13 15 5 10 5 87 1 3 504
Lebanese 86 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98
French 13 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52
Lusophone 5 14 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39
Chinese
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
Confirmed cases 120 30 27 14 2 0 0 0 0 3 1‡ 0 196
Patient sex
M 56 12 12 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1‡ 0 89
F 64 18 15 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 107
Patient age, y, median (range) 32 (1–70) 26 (6–42) 44 (18–93) 26 (15–37) 18 (16–20) NA NA NA NA 42 (20–57) NA NA
WHO disease classification
DF 115 29 27 14 2 0 0 0 0 3 1‡ 0 190
DHF 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
DSS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Laboratory testing conducted 47 10 9 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 66
Leukopenia 34 7 5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 46
Thrombocytopenia 32 5 4 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 41
Patient hospitalized 16 10 5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 31
Patient nationality
Senegalese 46 14 12 14 2 0 0 0 0 2 1‡ 0 90
Lebanese 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65
Lusophone 3 5 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
French 7 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20
Chinese 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

*Values are no. patients except as indicated. NA, not available; WHO, World Health Organization; DF, dengue fever; DHF, dengue hemorrhagic fever; DSS, dengue shock syndrome.
†Diourbel, Saint Louis, and Matam.
‡Case identified and diagnosed in Italy.

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