TY - JOUR
T1 - Viremic Dengue virus infections in travellers
T2 - Potential for local outbreak in Northern Italy
AU - Rovida, Francesca
AU - Percivalle, Elena
AU - Campanini, Giulia
AU - Piralla, Antonio
AU - Novati, Stefano
AU - Muscatello, Antonio
AU - Baldanti, Fausto
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - Dengue virus infection is a growing global problem and reports of outbreaks in Asia and Latin America as well as sporadic infections in international travellers are increasing. Two imported cases of serotype-1 Dengue virus infection in a Northern Italy region with high density of Aedes albopictus vector are described: a 27-year-old man returning from Bali and a 25-years-old woman returning from Brazil. In both patients, viremia lasted for several days before disappearance. These cases stress the importance of investigating Dengue virus infections in febrile travellers, point to the potential for local outbreak of Dengue virus infection and emphasize the necessity of maintaining surveillance in non-endemic countries.
AB - Dengue virus infection is a growing global problem and reports of outbreaks in Asia and Latin America as well as sporadic infections in international travellers are increasing. Two imported cases of serotype-1 Dengue virus infection in a Northern Italy region with high density of Aedes albopictus vector are described: a 27-year-old man returning from Bali and a 25-years-old woman returning from Brazil. In both patients, viremia lasted for several days before disappearance. These cases stress the importance of investigating Dengue virus infections in febrile travellers, point to the potential for local outbreak of Dengue virus infection and emphasize the necessity of maintaining surveillance in non-endemic countries.
KW - Aedes albopictus
KW - Dengue
KW - Import cases
KW - Potential local outbreak
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.09.015
DO - 10.1016/j.jcv.2010.09.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 21056002
AN - SCOPUS:78650964358
VL - 50
SP - 76
EP - 79
JO - Journal of Clinical Virology
JF - Journal of Clinical Virology
SN - 1386-6532
IS - 1
ER -