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Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Imported Dengue Fever in Europe: Sentinel Surveillance Data from TropNetEurop

Clinical Infectious Diseases2002Vol. 35(9), pp. 1047–1052

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Tomáš Jelı́nek, Nikolai Mühlberger, Gundel Harms, M Corachán, Martin P. Grobusch, Jürgen Knobloch, Ulf Bronner, Hermann Laferl, Annette Kapaun, Zeno Bisoffi, J. Clerinx, S. Puente, Graham Fry, Marco H. Schulze, Urban Hellgren, Ida Gjørup, Pavel Chalupa, Christoph Hatz, Alberto Matteelli, M Schmid, Louise Nielsen, Saraiva da Cunha, Jorge Atouguia, B Myrvang, K Fleischer, European Network on Surveillance of Imported Infectious Diseases

Abstract

Travelers have the potential both to acquire and to spread dengue virus infection. The incidence of dengue fever (DF) among European travelers certainly is underestimated, because few centers use standardized diagnostic procedures for febrile patients. In addition, DF is currently not reported in most European public health systems. Surveillance has commenced within the framework of a European Network on Imported Infectious Disease Surveillance (TropNetEurop) to gain information on the quantity and severity of cases of dengue imported into Europe. Descriptions of 294 patients with DF were analyzed for epidemiological information and clinical features. By far the most infections were imported from Asia, which suggests a high risk of DF for travelers to that region. Dengue hemorrhagic fever occurred in 7 patients (2.4%) all of whom recovered. Data reported by member sites of the TropNetEurop can contribute to understanding the epidemiology and clinical characteristics of imported DF.

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