A case of dengue type 3 virus infection imported from Africa to Italy, October 2009.
Euro Surveill
; 15(7)2010 Feb 18.
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ABSTRACT
In October 2009, a traveller returning from Africa to Italy was hospitalised with symptoms suggestive of a haemorrhagic fever of unknown origin. The patient was immediately placed in a special biocontainment unit until laboratory investigations confirmed the infection to be caused by a dengue serotype 3 virus. This case reasserts the importance of returning travellers as sentinels of unknown outbreaks occurring in other countries, and highlights how the initial symptoms of dengue fever resemble those of other haemorrhagic fevers, hence the importance of prompt isolation of patients until a final diagnosis is reached.
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01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Viaje
/
Dengue
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Virus del Dengue
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Euro Surveill
Asunto de la revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia