Acute Arboviral Infections in Guinea, West Africa, 2006

Emily S. Jentes Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Centre International de Recherche sur le Infections Tropicales, N'ZƩrƩkorƩ, Guinea

Search for other papers by Emily S. Jentes in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Jaimie Robinson Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Centre International de Recherche sur le Infections Tropicales, N'ZƩrƩkorƩ, Guinea

Search for other papers by Jaimie Robinson in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Barbara W. Johnson Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Centre International de Recherche sur le Infections Tropicales, N'ZƩrƩkorƩ, Guinea

Search for other papers by Barbara W. Johnson in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Ibrahima Conde Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Centre International de Recherche sur le Infections Tropicales, N'ZƩrƩkorƩ, Guinea

Search for other papers by Ibrahima Conde in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Yosse Sakouvougui Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Centre International de Recherche sur le Infections Tropicales, N'ZƩrƩkorƩ, Guinea

Search for other papers by Yosse Sakouvougui in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Jennifer Iverson Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Centre International de Recherche sur le Infections Tropicales, N'ZƩrƩkorƩ, Guinea

Search for other papers by Jennifer Iverson in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Shanna Beecher Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Centre International de Recherche sur le Infections Tropicales, N'ZƩrƩkorƩ, Guinea

Search for other papers by Shanna Beecher in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
M. Alpha Bah Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Centre International de Recherche sur le Infections Tropicales, N'ZƩrƩkorƩ, Guinea

Search for other papers by M. Alpha Bah in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Fousseny Diakite Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Centre International de Recherche sur le Infections Tropicales, N'ZƩrƩkorƩ, Guinea

Search for other papers by Fousseny Diakite in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
,
Mamadi Coulibaly Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Centre International de Recherche sur le Infections Tropicales, N'ZƩrƩkorƩ, Guinea

Search for other papers by Mamadi Coulibaly in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
, and
Daniel G. Bausch Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana; Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado; Centre International de Recherche sur le Infections Tropicales, N'ZƩrƩkorƩ, Guinea

Search for other papers by Daniel G. Bausch in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Close
Restricted access

Acute febrile illnesses comprise the majority of the human disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa. We hypothesized that arboviruses comprised a considerable proportion of undiagnosed febrile illnesses in Guinea and sought to determine the frequency of arboviral disease in two hospitals there. Using a standard case definition, 47 suspected cases were detected in approximately 4 months. Immunoglobulin M antibody capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and plaque-reduction neutralization assays revealed that 63% (30/47) of patients were infected with arboviruses, including 11 West Nile, 2 yellow fever, 1 dengue, 8 chikungunya, and 5 Tahyna infections. Except for yellow fever, these are the first reported cases of human disease from these viruses in Guinea and the first reported cases of symptomatic Tahyna infection in Africa. These results strongly suggest that arboviruses circulate and are common causes of disease in Guinea. Improving surveillance and laboratory capacity for arbovirus diagnoses will be integral to understanding the burden posed by these agents in the region.

Author Notes

*Address correspondence to Emily S. Jentes, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development, and Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333. E-mail: ejentes@cdc.gov

Financial support: This work was supported, in part, by Tulane University Department of Tropical Medicine and CDC Cooperative Agreement Grant T01/CCT622308-02 and the Louisiana Vaccine Center and the South Louisiana Institute for Infectious Disease Research sponsored by the Louisiana Board of Regents.

Authors' addresses: Emily S. Jentes, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Office of Workforce and Career Development and Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, E-mail: ejentes@cdc.gov. Jaimie Robinson, Barbara W. Johnson, Jennifer Iverson, and Shanna Beecher, Division of Vector Borne Infectious Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO. Ibrahima Conde, Yosse Sakouvougui, M. Alpha Bah, Fousseny Diakite, and Mamadi Coulibaly, Centre International de Recherche sur le Infections Tropicale, N'ZƩrƩkorƩ Regional Hospital, N'ZƩrƩkorƩ, Guinea. Daniel G. Bausch, Department of Tropical Medicine, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

  • 1.

    Campbell JD, Sow SO, Levine MM, Kotloff KL, 2004. The causes of hospital admission and death among children in Bamako, Mali. J Trop Pediatr 50: 158–163.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 2.

    Breman JG, 2001. The ears of the hippopotamus: manifestations, determinants, and estimates of the malaria burden. Am J Trop Med Hyg 64: 1–11.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 3.

    Krippner R, von Laer G, 2002. First confirmed dengue-1 fever cases reported from Cameroon. J Travel Med 9: 273–274.

  • 4.

    Ndip LM, Bouyer DH, Travassos Da Rosa APA, Titanji VPK, Tesh RB, Walker DH, 2004. Acute spotted fever rickettsiosis among febrile patients, Cameroon. Emerg Infect Dis 10: 432–437.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 5.

    Reyburn H, Mbatia R, Drakeley C, Carneiro I, Mwakasungula E, Mwerinde O, Saganda K, Shao J, Kitua A, Olomi R, Greenwood BM, Whitty CJ, 2004. Overdiagnosis of malaria in patients with severe febrile illness in Tanzania: a prospective study. BMJ 329: 1212.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 6.

    Nsutebu EF, Martins P, Adiogo D, 2003. Prevalence of typhoid fever in febrile patients with symptoms clinically compatible with typhoid fever in Cameroon. Trop Med Int Health 8: 575–578.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 7.

    Anonymous, 2006. Yellow fever situation in Africa and South America, 2005. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 81: 317–324.

  • 8.

    Anonymous, 2001. Yellow Fever. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1–3.

  • 9.

    Griffin DE, 2007. Alphaviruses. Knipe DM, Howley PM, eds. Fields Virology. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkens, 1023–1067.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 10.

    Anonymous, 2003. Yellow fever vaccine: WHO position paper. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 78: 349–359.

  • 11.

    Nathan N, Barry M, Van Herp M, Zeller H, 2001. Shortage of vaccines during a yellow fever outbreak in Guinea. Lancet 358: 2129–2130.

  • 12.

    Butenko AM, 1996. Arbovirus circulation in the Republic of Guinea. Med Parazitol (Mosk): 40–45.

  • 13.

    Ivanov AP, Ivanova OE, Lomonosov NN, Pozdnyakov SV, Konstantinov OK, Bah MA, 1992. Serological investigations of Chikungunya virus in the Republic of Guinea. Ann Soc Belg Med Trop 72: 73–74.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 14.

    Powers AM, Logue CH, 2007. Changing patterns of chikungunya virus: re-emergence of a zoonotic arbovirus. J Gen Virol 88: 2363–2377.

  • 15.

    Konstantinov OK, 1990. Ticks of the Ixodidae family as reservoir of arboviruses in the Republic of Guinea. II. Arboviruses. Rev Elev Med Vet Pays Trop 43: 15–22.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 16.

    Tkachenko EA, Butenko AM, Leshchinskaya EV, Bouaro I, Ivanov AP, Dzagurova TK, Sochinski VA, 1984. Serological investigation of population from the People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea for antibodies to viral haemorrhagic fevers. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Calgary, Canada September 16–22, 1984.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 17.

    Boiro MY, Lama N, Barry M, Diallo R, Morillon M, 1999. Cholera in Guinea: the 1994–1995 epidemic. Med Trop (Mars) 59: 303–306.

  • 18.

    Boiro I, Konstaninov OK, Numerov AD, 1987. Isolation of Rift Valley fever virus from bats in the Republic of Guinea. Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales 80: 62–67.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 19.

    Boiro I, Lomonossov NN, Sotsinski VA, Constantinov OK, Tkachenko EA, Inapogui AP, Balde C, 1987. Clinico-epidemiologic and laboratory research on hemorrhagic fevers in Guinea. Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales 80: 607–612.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 20.

    Boiro I, Lomonossov NN, Alexin AF, Bah A, Balde C, 1986. Isolation of a new orbivirus Kindia (Palyam group) from ticks Amblyomma variegatum in the Republic of Guinea. Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales 79: 187–190.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 21.

    Boiro I, Lomonossov NN, Fidarov FM, Murzine SV, Linev NB, Camara LB, Bah A, 1985. Isolation of M'Poko virus (Turlock group, Bunyaviridae) from Culex cinereus mosquitoes in the Republic of Guinea. Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales 78: 452–455.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 22.

    Konstantinov OK, Buaro I, Chunina LM, Balde S, Murzin SV, 1988. Ticks of the family Ixodidae in Guinea and the isolation of arboviruses. 1. Species composition of ticks. Med Parazitol (Mosk) 2: 64–68.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 23.

    Bausch DG, Demby AH, Coulibaly M, Kanu J, Goba A, Bah A, Conde N, Wurtzel HL, Cavallaro KF, Lloyd E, Baldet FB, Csse SD, Fofona D, Savane IK, Tolno RT, Mahy B, Wagoner KD, Ksiazek TG, Peters CJ, Rollin PE, 2001. Lassa fever in Guinea: I. Epidemiology of human disease and clinical observations. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 1: 269–281.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 24.

    Martin DA, Biggerstaff BJ, Allen B, Johnson AJ, Lanciotti RS, Roehrig JT, 2002. Use of immunoglobulin m cross-reactions in differential diagnosis of human flaviviral encephalitis infections in the United States. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol 9: 544–549.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 25.

    Martin DA, Muth DA, Brown T, Johnson AJ, Karabatsos N, Roehrig JT, 2000. Standardization of immunoglobulin M capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for routine diagnosis of arboviral infections. J Clin Microbiol 38: 1823–1826.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 26.

    Beaty B, Calisher C, Shope R, 1995. Arboviruses. Lennette E, Lennette D, Lennette E, eds. Diagnostic Procedures for Viral, Rickettsial, and Chlamydial Infections. Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, 189–212.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 27.

    World Health Organization, 2007. Guidelines for Plaque Reduction Neutralizing Testing of Human Antibodies to Dengue Viruses. Geneva: World Health Organization.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 28.

    Lindsey HS, Calisher CH, Mathews JH, 1976. Serum dilution neutralization test for California group virus identification and serology. J Clin Microbiol 4: 503–510.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 29.

    Calisher CH, Karabatsos N, Dalrymple JM, Shope RE, Porterfield JS, Westaway EG, Brandt WE, 1989. Antigenic relationships between flaviviruses as determined by cross-neutralization tests with polyclonal antisera. J Gen Virol 70: 37–43.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 30.

    Anonymous, 2005. The yellow fever situation in Africa and South America in 2004. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 80: 249–256.

  • 31.

    Anonymous, 2009. GAaR, ed. Outbreaks of Yellow Fever. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.

  • 32.

    Konstantinov OK, Diallo SM, Inapogi AP, Ba A, Kamara SK, 2006. The mammals of Guinea as reservoirs and carriers of arboviruses. Med Parazitol (Mosk): 34–39.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 33.

    Paquet C, Quatresous I, Solet J-L, Sissoko D, Renault P, Pierre V, Cordel H, Lassalle C, Thiria J, Zeller H, Schuffnecker I, 2006. ƉpidĆ©miologie de l'infection par le virus Chikungunya Ć  l'Ile de la RĆ©union: point de la situation au 8 janvier 2006. Bulletin Ć©pidĆ©miologique hebdomidaire, Special Issue, 31 January.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 34.

    Tsai TF, Monath TP, 1997. Alphaviruses. J Clin Virol 1217–1255.

  • 35.

    Thonnon J, Spiegel A, Diallo M, Diallo A, Fontenille D, 1999. Chikungunya virus outbreak in Senegal in 1996 and 1997. Bull Soc Pathol Exot 92: 79–82.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 36.

    Weaver SC, Tesh RB, Shope RE, 2006. Alphavirus infections. Guerrant RL, Walker DH, Weller PF, eds. Essentials of Tropical Infectious Disease. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 587–590.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 37.

    Kokernot RH, Szlamp EL, Levitt J, McIntosh BM, 1965. Survey for antibodies against arthropod-borne viruses in the sera of indigenous residents of the Caprivi Strip and Bechuanaland Protectorate. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 59: 553–562.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 38.

    Kokernot RH, Smithburn KC, Gandara AF, McIntosh BM, Heymann CS, 1960. Neutralization tests with sera from individuals residing in Mozambique against specific viruses isolated in Africa, transmitted by arthropods. An Inst Med Trop (Lisb) 17: 201–230.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 39.

    van den Bosch C, Lloyd G, 2000. Chikungunya fever as a risk factor for endemic Burkitt's lymphoma in Malawi. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 94: 704–705.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 40.

    Rodhain F, Carteron B, Laroche R, Hannoun C, 1987. Human arbovirus infections in Burundi: results of a seroepidemiologic survey, 1980–1982. Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales 80: 155–161.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 41.

    Adekolu-John EO, Fagbami AH, 1983. Arthropod-borne virus antibodies in sera of residents of Kainji Lake Basin, Nigeria 1980. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 77: 149–151.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 42.

    Saluzzo JF, Cornet M, Castagnet P, Rey C, Digoutte JP, 1986. Isolation of dengue 2 and dengue 4 viruses from patients in Senegal. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 80: 5.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 43.

    Traore-Lamizana M, Zeller HG, Monlun E, Mondo M, Hervy JP, Adam F, Digoutte JP, 1994. Dengue 2 outbreak in southeastern Senegal during 1990: virus isolations from mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae). J Med Entomol 31: 623–627.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 44.

    Durand JP, Vallee L, de Pina JJ, Tolou H, 2000. Isolation of a dengue type 1 virus from a soldier in West Africa (Cote d'Ivoire). Emerg Infect Dis 6: 83–84.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 45.

    Roche C, Cordellier R, Hervy JP, 1983. Isolement de 96 souches de virus dengue 2 a partir de moustiques captures en Cote d'Ivoire et Haute-Volta. Ann Inst Pasteur Virol 134E: 233–244.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 46.

    Cordellier R, Bouchite B, Roche J, Diaco B, Akoliba P, 1983. Circulation selvatique du virus dengue 2 en 1980, dans les savanes sub-soudaniennes de Cote d'Ivoire. Ent Med et Parasitol 21: 165–179.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 47.

    Diallo M, Thonnon J, Traore-Lamizana M, Fontenille D, 1999. Vectors of Chikungunya virus in Senegal: current data and transmission cycles. Am J Trop Med Hyg 60: 281–286.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 48.

    Burke DS & Monath TP. Flaviviruses. Knipe DM, Howley PM, eds.Field's Virology. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkens. 1043–1125.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 49.

    Gubler DJ, Sather GE, Kuno G, Cabral JR, 1986. Dengue 3 virus transmission in Africa. Am J Trop Med Hyg 35: 1280–1284.

  • 50.

    Franco L, DiCaro A, Carletti F, Vapalahti O, Renaudat C, Zeller H, Tenorio A, 2010. Recent expansion of dengue virus serotype 3 in West Africa. Euro Surveill 15: 2.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 51.

    Ninove L, Parola P, Baronti C, De Lamballerie X, Gautret P, Doudier B, Charrel RN, 2009. Dengue virus type 3 infection in traveler returning from west Africa. Emerg Infect Dis 15: 1871–1872.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 52.

    Vazeille-Falcoz M, Failloux AB, Mousson L, Elissa N, Rodhain F, 1999. Oral receptivity of Aedes aegypti formosus from Franceville (Gabon, central Africa) for type 2 dengue virus. Bull Soc Pathol Exot 92: 341–342.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 53.

    Gubler DJ, 2002. The global emergence/resurgence of arboviral diseases as public health problems. Arch Med Res 33: 330–342.

  • 54.

    Watts DM, Porter KR, Putvatana P, Vasquez B, Calampa C, Hayes CG, Halstead SB, 1999. Failure of secondary infection with American genotype dengue 2 to cause dengue haemorrhagic fever. Lancet 354: 1431–1434.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 55.

    Rico-Hesse R, 1990. Molecular evolution and distribution of dengue viruses type 1 and 2 in nature. Virology 174: 479–493.

  • 56.

    Renaudet J, Jan C, Ridet J, Adam C, Robin Y, 1978. A serological survey of arboviruses in the human population of Senegal. Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales 71: 131–140.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 57.

    Chevalier V, Lancelot R, Diaite A, Mondet B, Sall B, De Lamballerie X, 2006. Serological assessment of West Nile fever virus activity in the pastoral system of Ferlo, Senegal. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1081: 216–225.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 58.

    Cabre O, Grandadam M, Marie JL, Gravier P, Prange A, Santinelli Y, Rous V, Bourry O, Durand JP, Tolou H, Davoust B, 2006. West Nile Virus in horses, sub-Saharan Africa. Emerg Infect Dis 12: 1958–1960.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 59.

    Estival JL, Skowron F, Dupin M, Combemale P, 2001. Primary infection with West-Nile virus. Ann Dermatol Venereol 128: 656–658.

  • 60.

    Traore-Lamizana M, Zeller HG, Mondo M, Hervy JP, Adam F, Digoutte JP, 1994. Isolations of West Nile and Bagaza viruses from mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in central Senegal (Ferlo). J Med Entomol 31: 934–938.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 61.

    Kuniholm MH, Wolfe ND, Huang CY, Mpoudi-Ngole E, Tamoufe U, Burke DS, Gubler DJ, 2006. Seroprevalence and distribution of flaviviridae, togaviridae, and bunyaviridae arboviral infections in rural Cameroonian adults. Am J Trop Med Hyg 74: 1078–1083.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 62.

    Chastel C, Bach-Hamba D, Launay H, Le Lay G, Hellal H, Beaucournu JC, 1983. Arbovirus infections in Tunisia: new serological survey of small wild mammals. Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales 76: 21–33.

    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
Past two years Past Year Past 30 Days
Abstract Views 72 72 20
Full Text Views 468 168 0
PDF Downloads 182 57 0
 
Membership Banner
 
 
 
Affiliate Membership Banner
 
 
Research for Health Information Banner
 
 
CLOCKSS
 
 
 
Society Publishers Coalition Banner
Save