Outbreak of Dengue Virus Serotype 3, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 2019–2021
During 2019-2021, the Republic of the Marshall Islands experienced a dengue outbreak involving 1,908 cases. Environmental sanitation helped stop transmission on Ebeye island, but transmission continued for >1 year on Majuro atoll. The Pacific region urgently needs to develop vector control capacity to address future dengue outbreaks.
Authors
- Tomás M. León (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7633-677X)
- Limb K. Hapairai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2943-1061)
- Erlynda Chutaro
- Jill McCready
- Bobson Solomon
- Janet McAllister
Publication Details
- Journal
- Emerging infectious diseases
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3204.251135
- Primary Topic
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of State