“…Consequently, yellow fever is considered as an emerging or reemerging disease of considerable importance. Furthermore, since 2000, dengue cases have been described in several West and Central Africa countries: Burkina Faso (2007, 2008, 2013–2015), Cameroon (2006), Ivory Coast (2007, 2008, 2010), Gabon (2007, 2008, 2010), Mali (2008) and Senegal (2000, 2007–2009) [3,7,8,9]. In 2009, a large outbreak of dengue fever (more than 6000 cases) occurred in the Cape Verde Islands, where dengue virus was never isolated before, leading to considering the phenomenon as a true emergence of dengue fever in Africa [10].…”