AUTHOR=Dieng Idrissa , Sagne Samba Niang , Ndiaye Mignane , Barry Mamadou Aliou , Talla Cheikh , Mhamadi Moufid , Balde Diamilatou , Toure Cheikh Talibouya , Diop Boly , Sall Amadou Alpha , Fall Gamou , Loucoubar Cheikh , Faye Oumar , Faye Ousmane 

TITLE=Detection of human case of dengue virus 2 belonging to sylvatic genotype during routine surveillance of fever in Senegal, Kolda 2021

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Virology

VOLUME=Volume 2 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virology/articles/10.3389/fviro.2022.1050880

DOI=10.3389/fviro.2022.1050880

ISSN=2673-818X

ABSTRACT=A human case of dengue virus 2 (DENV-2) was detected from a febrile patient living in the Sare yoba, Kolda region (Southern Senegal). Phylogenetic analysis based on full coding region reveals that the virus belongs to the DENV2 Sylvatic genotype and  is closely related to a strain (JF260983/ 99.66% identity) detected in Spain  from a tourist who travelled to Guinee Bissau (bordering Kolda region) in 2009. This highlights a potential recent underreported circulation of sylvatic Dengue in the southern part of Senegal and calls for re-enforced integrated surveillance among humans, non-human primates and arboreal mosquitoes throughout a one-health approach.