Detection of dengue virus among children with suspected malaria, Accra, Ghana

Nicholas Amoako; Samuel Duodu; Francis E. Dennis; Joseph H.K. Bonney; Kwaku P. Asante; Juliana Ameh; Lydia Mosi; Takaya Hayashi; Eudosia E. Agbosu; Deborah Pratt; Darwin J. Operario; Barry Fields; Jie Liu; Eric R. Houpt; George E. Armah; Justin Stoler; Gordon A. Awandare

doi:10.3201/eid2408.180341

Detection of dengue virus among children with suspected malaria, Accra, Ghana

Nicholas Amoako
, Samuel Duodu
, Francis E. Dennis
, Joseph H.K. Bonney
, Kwaku P. Asante
, Juliana Ameh
, Lydia Mosi
, Takaya Hayashi
, Eudosia E. Agbosu
, Deborah Pratt
, Darwin J. Operario
, Barry Fields
, Jie Liu
, Eric R. Houpt
, George E. Armah
, Justin Stoler
, Gordon A. Awandare

University of Ghana
Kintampo Health Research Centre
Ledzokuku Krowor Municipal Assembly Hospital
Department of Molecular Virology, Tokyo Medical, Dental University
University of Virginia
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
University of Miami

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We report new molecular evidence of locally acquired dengue virus infections in Ghana. We detected dengue viral RNA among children with suspected malaria by using a multipathogen real-time PCR. Subsequent sequence analysis revealed a close relationship with dengue virus serotype 2, which was implicated in a 2016 outbreak in Burkina Faso.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1561-1564
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	24
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180341
Publication status	Published - Aug 2018

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Amoako, N., Duodu, S., Dennis, F. E., Bonney, J. H. K., Asante, K. P., Ameh, J., Mosi, L., Hayashi, T., Agbosu, E. E., Pratt, D., Operario, D. J., Fields, B., Liu, J., Houpt, E. R., Armah, G. E., Stoler, J., & Awandare, G. A. (2018). Detection of dengue virus among children with suspected malaria, Accra, Ghana. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(8), 1561-1564. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.180341

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Detection of dengue virus among children with suspected malaria, Accra, Ghana

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