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Dengue epidemic in Touba, Senegal: implications for the Grand Magal Pilgrimage for travellers

Published:2018-12-12 Issue:7 Volume:26 Page:
ISSN:1708-8305
Container-title:Journal of Travel Medicine
language:en
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Author:

Diagne Cheikh Tidiane¹^ORCID,Barry Mamadou Aliou²,Ba Yamar³,Faye Oumar¹,Sall Amadou Alpha¹

Affiliation:

1. Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Pôle de Virologie, 36 avenue Pasteur BP 220 Dakar, Senegal

2. Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Unité d’Epidémiologie, 36 avenue Pasteur BP 220 Dakar, Senegal, Senegal

3. Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Unité d’Entomologie Médicale, 36 avenue Pasteur BP 220 Dakar, Senegal

Abstract

The Grand Magal of Touba is a 2–3 days pilgrimage gathering 3 million people, including 1.5 million residents and 1–2 million pilgrims from other regions in Senegal or from the Senegalese diaspora mostly from the USA, Africa and Europe. With the currently ongoing dengue epidemic in this area, concerns have been raised about the spread of dengue to non-affected areas in Senegal through travellers to and from the Grand Magal.

Funder

ALERRT

European Union

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://academic.oup.com/jtm/article-pdf/26/7/tay123/30147294/tay123.pdf

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