ArticleMedecine tropicale et sante internationale2021
[Prevalence of dengue fever in patients with febrile syndrome at the Sylvanus Olympio Teaching Hospital of Lomé (Togo) in 2017].
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- Clinical and biological features of acute hepatic cytolysis in dengue fever: a study from Sourô Sanou University hospital, Bobo-Dioulasso.IJID regions · 2026Article
- [Clinical aspects of dengue fever in the Savanna region of Togo in 2023].Medecine tropicale et sante internationale · 2025Article
- Widespread distribution of Aedes aegypti larvae, a potential risk of arbovirus transmission in the Grand Lomé health region, Togo, West Africa.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
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Abstract
Aims: Dengue is the most common arbovirus in the world. In Africa, dengue virus is endemic in almost every country; however, in Togo few data are available. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of dengue fever among patients with febrile syndrome at the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sylvanus Olympio of Lomé. Results: One hundred forty-seven patients with a median age of 36 years, interquartile range: [23.5-51.5], were included in the study. The prevalence of malaria in the sample was 10.2% (95% CI: [5.8-16.3]) and the prevalence of dengue fever by ELISA was 17% (95% CI: [11.3-24.1]). The overall percent agreement between the RDT Dengue NS1 and ELISA for dengue was 80.9% (95% CI: [73.7-86.9]). The positive percent agreement (PPA) between the RDT assay and the ELISA assay considered as the reference was 36%, 95% CI: [17.9-57.5]), while the negative percent agreement (NPA) between the two assays was 90.2% (95% CI: [83.4-94.8]). Conclusion: This study shows that dengue is as much as malaria responsible of febrile syndromes and that it is present in Togo.
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