A household serosurvey to estimate the magnitude of a dengue outbreak in Mombasa, Kenya, 2013.

• Main Authors: Esther M Ellis (Author), John C Neatherlin (Author), Mark Delorey (Author), Melvin Ochieng (Author), Abdinoor Haji Mohamed (Author), Daniel Ondari Mogeni (Author), Elizabeth Hunsperger (Author), Shem Patta (Author), Stella Gikunju (Author), Lilian Waiboic (Author), Barry Fields (Author), Victor Ofula (Author), Samson Limbaso Konongoi (Author), Brenda Torres-Velasquez (Author), Nina Marano (Author), Rosemary Sang (Author), Harold S Margolis (Author), Joel M Montgomery (Author), Kay M Tomashek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Dengue appears to be endemic in Africa with a number of reported outbreaks. In February 2013, several individuals with dengue-like illnesses and negative malaria blood smears were identified in Mombasa, Kenya. Dengue was laboratory confirmed and an investigation was conducted to estimate the magnitu...