TY - JOUR
T1 - Twelve years of dengue surveillance in Belgian travellers and significant increases in the number of cases in 2010 and 2013
AU - Verschueren, J
AU - Cnops, L
AU - van Esbroeck, M
N1 - NPP
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - During 12 years of surveillance in Belgium, dengue virus (DENV) infection was diagnosed in 676 of 7771 (8.7%) returning travellers by the use of ELISA, RT-PCR, and/or antigen detection. Men and women were equally infected. The mean age of the patients was 36.78 years (range, 3-77 years). Most of the infections occurred after a stay in Asia (55.9%), followed by the Americas (31.8%), Africa (7.2%), Oceania (1.0%), and Europe (0.4%). The number of patients coming from Africa increased as of 2009, to reach a proportion of 17% in 2011. The most prevalent serotype was DENV-1, followed by DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4. Two remarkable increases in dengue incidence were noticed in 2010 and 2013.
AB - During 12 years of surveillance in Belgium, dengue virus (DENV) infection was diagnosed in 676 of 7771 (8.7%) returning travellers by the use of ELISA, RT-PCR, and/or antigen detection. Men and women were equally infected. The mean age of the patients was 36.78 years (range, 3-77 years). Most of the infections occurred after a stay in Asia (55.9%), followed by the Americas (31.8%), Africa (7.2%), Oceania (1.0%), and Europe (0.4%). The number of patients coming from Africa increased as of 2009, to reach a proportion of 17% in 2011. The most prevalent serotype was DENV-1, followed by DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4. Two remarkable increases in dengue incidence were noticed in 2010 and 2013.
U2 - 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.05.029
DO - 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.05.029
M3 - A1: Web of Science-article
C2 - 26033671
SN - 1198-743X
VL - 21
SP - 867
EP - 872
JO - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
JF - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
IS - 9
ER -