Imported Dengue Virus Type 2 Infection Acquired during an Outbreak in India

Teichmann, Dieter; Rögler, Gertrud; Grobusch, Martin P.; Schüler-Maué, W; Klein, E.

doi:10.1007/s100960050285

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“…With the growth of global travel, the expansion and transmission of DENV strains into different regions of the world has been reported (Teichmann et al 1999 ; Dorji et al 2009 ; Shu et al 2009 ). The Southeast Asia has been considered as a high-risk area (Shepard et al 2013 ), since most dengue outbreaks occurred there, and the chance of acquiring dengue is high when traveling in these places (Chew et al 2015 ; Zangmo et al 2015 ).…”

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Epidemiological and molecular characterization of dengue viruses imported into Guangzhou during 2009–2013

Shi

et al. 2016

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BackgroundDengue virus causes one of the most significant infectious diseases in tropical and subtropical regions, notable number of which is imported into China every year.ResultsIn this study, the molecular epidemiologic and phylogenetic analyses of dengue cases imported into Guangzhou in South China during 2009–2013 were conducted. During that period, 46 imported dengue cases were identified, including four serotypes. Most of the dengue patients were travelling from Southeast Asia, South Asia and Africa. The envelope (E) genes of 20 imported dengue viruses introduced from 13 countries and regions, were sequenced and used for phylogenetic analyses. The results indicated that the DENV-1 genotype I and DENV-2 Asian genotype I were the most predominant DENV strains, which were circulating in Southeast Asia and imported into South China. In addition, the new introduction of DENV-3 genotype III from West Asia was observed.ConclusionsThis study provided an overview on the genetic diversity of DENV strains imported into South China, and also gave information about the geographic distribution, dynamic transmission and molecular evolution of epidemic DENV strains.

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Epidemiological and molecular characterization of dengue viruses imported into Guangzhou during 2009–2013

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Virus Isolation for Diagnosing Dengue Virus Infections in Returning Travelers

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Göbels

Niedrig

et al. 2003

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Dise

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Dengue fever is recognized as one of the most frequent imported acute febrile illnesses affecting European tourists returning from the tropics. In order to assess the value of virus isolation for the diagnosis of dengue fever, 70 cases of dengue fever confirmed in German travelers during the period 1993-2001 were analyzed retrospectively. In 26 patients who had developed acute febrile illness within 2 weeks following their return from a trip to a dengue-endemic area, 9 of 13 attempts to isolate the virus were successful in sera drawn 1-5 days and 2 of 13 sera drawn 6-10 days after the onset of illness. DEN-1 was the most frequent serotype isolated. If performed early, virus isolation is a reliable tool for detecting dengue virus in returning travelers.

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