[Dengue outbreak by virus type 4 in French Polynesia. I. General epidemiology - clinical specific aspects (author's transl)].
Authors describe an extensive outbreak of dengue 4 virus which is observed for the first time out of its Asian original focus. The whole archipelagos of French Polynesia have been contaminated in a space of four months. Usual form of the disease is typical with lightness of the symptoms. This outbreak has been implicated in the death of a child by shock; and two cases of reversible encephalitis have been certainly caused by this virus. The neurotropism is the main characteristic of dengue virus type 4.
D000328:Adult; D000330:Aedes; D002648:Child; D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008297:Male; D011114:Polynesia
La dengue due au virus de type 4 en Polynésie Francaise. I.--Epidémiologie générale aspects cliniques particuliers.