Dengue Outbreak Caused by Multiple Virus Serotypes and Lineages, Colombia, 2023-2024

Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Nov;30(11):2391-2395. doi: 10.3201/eid3011.241031. Epub 2024 Oct 8.

Abstract

Dengue cases rose to record levels during 2023-2024. We investigated dengue in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, to determine if specific virus serotypes or lineages caused its large outbreak. We detected all 4 serotypes and multiple lineages, suggesting that factors such as climatic conditions were likely responsible for increased dengue in Colombia.

Keywords: Colombia; Dengue; lineages; mosquitoborne diseases; outbreak; phylogenetics; sequencing; serotypes; vector-borne infections; viruses.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Colombia / epidemiology
  • Dengue Virus* / classification
  • Dengue Virus* / genetics
  • Dengue* / epidemiology
  • Dengue* / virology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Serogroup*