First description of a dengue fever outbreak in the interior of French Guiana, February 2006.

Jean-Baptiste Meynard (1) , Vanessa Ardillon (2) , Cathy Venturin (3) , Françoise Ravachol (4) , Célia Basurko (5) , Séverine Matheus (1) , Pascal Gaborit (1) , Claire Grenier (5) , Philippe Dussart (1) , Philippe Quénel (2)

1 Institut Pasteur de la Guyane
2 Cellule inter régionale d'épidémiologie Antilles Guyane
3 Service Départemental de Désinfection de la Guyane
4 Direction de la Santé et du Développement Social de la Guyane
5 Centre Hospitalier Andrée Rosemon [Cayenne, Guyane Française]

This is the first time that a dengue fever outbreak has been described beyond the coastal region of this French overseas Department.

Domaines: Virologie

Jean-Baptiste Meynard, Vanessa Ardillon, Cathy Venturin, Françoise Ravachol, Célia Basurko, et al.. First description of a dengue fever outbreak in the interior of French Guiana, February 2006.. European Journal of Public Health, 2009, 19 (2), pp.183-8. ⟨10.1093/eurpub/ckn137⟩. ⟨pasteur-00584075⟩