Viremic Dengue virus infections in travellers: Potential for local outbreak in Northern Italy

Francesca Rovida; Elena Percivalle; Giulia Campanini; Antonio Piralla; Stefano Novati; Antonio Muscatello; Fausto Baldanti

doi:10.1016/j.jcv.2010.09.015

Viremic Dengue virus infections in travellers: Potential for local outbreak in Northern Italy

Francesca Rovida, Elena Percivalle, Giulia Campanini, Antonio Piralla, Stefano Novati, Antonio Muscatello, Fausto Baldanti

IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	76-79
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Clinical Virology
Volume	50
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2010.09.015
Publication status	Published - Jan 2011

Keywords

Aedes albopictus
Dengue
Import cases
Potential local outbreak

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Virology
Infectious Diseases

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Rovida, F., Percivalle, E., Campanini, G., Piralla, A., Novati, S., Muscatello, A., & Baldanti, F. (2011). Viremic Dengue virus infections in travellers: Potential for local outbreak in Northern Italy. Journal of Clinical Virology, 50(1), 76-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2010.09.015

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