| [dengue 1 epidemic in the grand comoro island (federal islamic republic of the comores). march-may 1993]. | an epidemic of dengue fever occurred in grande comore island from march to may 1993. dengue 1 virus has been isolated. the epidemic did not affect the other islands of the archipelago. no compound clinical picture, in particular hemorrhagic, was reported. a random sampling survey conducted towards the end of april showed that 26% of the population aged 5 years old or more had igm dengue antibodies. the epidemic concerned essentially individuals under 45 years of age. the number of inhabitants of ... | 1994 | 7840689 |
| outbreak news. chikungunya and dengue, south-west indian ocean. | | 2006 | 16673456 |
| [chikungunya, la réunion and mayotte, 2005-2006: an epidemic without a story?]. | many triggering factors for onset of emerging infectious diseases are now recognised, such as: globalisation, demographic increase, population movements, international trade, urbanisation, forest destruction, climate changes, loss in biodiversity, and extreme life conditions such as poverty, famine and war. epidemic burden is often leading to disasters, in terms of human losses, as well as economic, political or social consequences. these outbreaks may jeopardize within a few weeks or months, in ... | 2007 | 17929405 |
| dengue type 3 virus infections in european travellers returning from the comoros and zanzibar, february-april 2010. | in late february-early april 2010, five cases of dengue fever were diagnosed in returning travellers in europe in eurotravnet sites in sweden and france in patients with travel history to the comoros and/or zanzibar, tanzania. four cases were non-complicated dengue fever and one case dengue hemorrhagic fever. three patients were viraemic at the time of diagnosis and infected with dengue type 3 virus. | 2010 | 20429996 |
| seroepidemiology of dengue virus in mayotte, indian ocean, 2006. | although dengue virus (denv) circulation had been documented in neighbouring south-western indian ocean islands, its presence in mayotte is poorly characterised. to address this issue, we aimed to assess the seroprevalence of dengue igg antibodies (denv-igg ab) among the population and to investigate potential associations with individual and household characteristics. | 2010 | 21152441 |
| emergence of dengue virus serotype 3 on mayotte island, indian ocean. | a serosurvey carried out in 2006 in mayotte, a french overseas collectivity in the indian ocean, confirmed previous circulation of dengue virus (denv) on the island, but since the set up of a laboratory-based surveillance of dengue-like illness in 2007, no case of denv has been confirmed. in response to an outbreak of denv-3 on comoros islands in march 2010 surveillance of dengue-like illness in mayotte was enhanced. by september 15, 76 confirmed and 31 probable cases of denv have been identifie ... | 2011 | 22066303 |
| serological evidence of contrasted exposure to arboviral infections between islands of the union of comoros (indian ocean). | a cross sectional serological survey of arboviral infections in humans was conducted on the three islands of the union of comoros, indian ocean, in order to test a previously suggested contrasted exposure of the three neighboring islands to arthropod-borne epidemics. four hundred human sera were collected on ngazidja (grande comore), mwali (mohéli) and ndzouani (anjouan), and were tested by elisa for igm and/or igg antibodies to dengue (denv), chikungunya (chikv), rift valley fever (rvfv), west ... | 2016 | 27977670 |
| insecticide resistance in disease vectors from mayotte: an opportunity for integrated vector management. | mayotte, a small island in the indian ocean, has been affected for many years by vector-borne diseases. malaria, bancroftian filariasis, dengue, chikungunya and rift valley fever have circulated or still circulate on the island. they are all transmitted by culicidae mosquitoes. to limit the impact of these diseases on human health, vector control has been implemented for more than 60 years on mayotte. in this study, we assessed the resistance levels of four major vector species (anopheles gambia ... | 2014 | 24984704 |
| travel-associated diseases, indian ocean islands, 1997-2010. | data collected by the geosentinel surveillance network for 1,415 ill travelers returning from indian ocean islands during 1997-2010 were analyzed. malaria (from comoros and madagascar), acute nonparasitic diarrhea, and parasitoses were the most frequently diagnosed infectious diseases. an increase in arboviral diseases reflected the 2005 outbreak of chikungunya fever. | 2013 | 23876977 |
| an outbreak of type 1 dengue fever on grande comore island. | | 1994 | 7809791 |