Three cases of imported dengue virus infection from Madeira to Belgium, 2012

Lieselotte Cnops; Leticia Franco; Britt Van Meensel; Jozef Van den Ende; Maria Paz Sanchez-Seco; Marjan Van Esbroeck

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Three cases of imported dengue virus infection from Madeira to Belgium, 2012

Lieselotte Cnops, Leticia Franco, Britt Van Meensel, Jozef Van den Ende, Maria Paz Sanchez-Seco, Marjan Van Esbroeck

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We report three laboratory-confirmed dengue virus (DENV) infections imported to Belgium by travelers returning from Madeira (Portugal). Despite the use of a mosquito-repellent spray as reported by two patients, the infection could not be prevented. Diagnosis was made by antigen detection and real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in two cases and by serology 1 month after onset of symptoms in a third one. The responsible virus was identified as DENV serotype 1, American/African genotype (genotype V). The close relationship to isolates from Colombia supports the previous findings that a South American strain originated the outbreak in Madeira in 2012.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Travel Medicine
Volume	21
Issue number	5
Pages (from-to)	344-348
Number of pages	5
ISSN	1195-1982
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jtm.12113
Publication status	Published - 2014

Keywords

Adult
Animals
Belgium
Culicidae
Dengue
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Insect Vectors
Male
Middle Aged
Portugal
Travel

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Three cases of imported dengue virus infection from Madeira to Belgium, 2012

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