Characterization of arbovirus infections in patients within Haiti by screening discarded malaria rapid diagnostic test cassettes
These results demonstrate the context-specific utility of discarded malaria RDTs for remote arbovirus surveillance among febrile patients, with potential for viral characterization. The exclusive finding of DENV-3 within these samples is concordant with the DENV-3 outbreak that was observed throughout the Americas in 2023. As political insecurity continues within Haiti, malarial RDTs represent an important tool for high level surveillance of novel public health threats.
Authors
- Alexandre Existe
- Graham A. Matulis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4724-1229)
- Shawn Hirsch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6280-9559)
- Jeffrey W. Koehler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3225-6599)
- Raina Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7090-0691)
- Korey L. Delp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3254-0389)
- Abigail A. Lilak
- Keersten M. Ricks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2854-9308)
- Christopher P. Stefan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4891-447X)
- Ian W. Sutherland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2601-8976)
- Ian Pshea-Smith
- Grant Hall
- Haley P. Smith
- James Dunford
- Rachel S. Katich
- Bernard A. Okech
- Jennifer Williams
- Jeffrey R. Kugelman
- Michael E. von Fricken
- Jacques Boncy
- Christina E. Douglas
Institutions
- Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- University of Florida Health (US)
- United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- Ministère de la Santé Publique (BI)
- Ministère de la Santé Publique (NE)
- School District of Lee County (US)
- University of Florida Health Science Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2026-03-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014089
- Primary Topic
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00