Citation
Burdino, Elisa, et al. "Diagnosis of Dengue Fever in North West Italy in Travelers From Endemic Areas: a Retrospective Study." Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, vol. 51, no. 4, 2011, pp. 259-63.
Burdino E, Milia MG, Sergi G, et al. Diagnosis of dengue fever in North West Italy in travelers from endemic areas: a retrospective study. J Clin Virol. 2011;51(4):259-63.
Burdino, E., Milia, M. G., Sergi, G., Gregori, G., Allice, T., Cazzato, M. L., Lucchini, A., Lipani, F., Calleri, G., Orofino, G., Di Perri, G., & Ghisetti, V. (2011). Diagnosis of dengue fever in North West Italy in travelers from endemic areas: a retrospective study. Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, 51(4), 259-63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2011.05.011
Burdino E, et al. Diagnosis of Dengue Fever in North West Italy in Travelers From Endemic Areas: a Retrospective Study. J Clin Virol. 2011;51(4):259-63. PubMed PMID: 21636317.
TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnosis of dengue fever in North West Italy in travelers from endemic areas: a retrospective study.
AU - Burdino,Elisa,
AU - Milia,Maria Grazia,
AU - Sergi,Giuseppina,
AU - Gregori,Gabriella,
AU - Allice,Tiziano,
AU - Cazzato,Maria Lucia,
AU - Lucchini,Anna,
AU - Lipani,Filippo,
AU - Calleri,Guido,
AU - Orofino,Giancarlo,
AU - Di Perri,Giovanni,
AU - Ghisetti,Valeria,
Y1 - 2011/06/01/
PY - 2011/01/12/received
PY - 2011/04/09/revised
PY - 2011/05/07/accepted
PY - 2011/6/4/entrez
PY - 2011/6/4/pubmed
PY - 2011/10/28/medline
SP - 259
EP - 63
JF - Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
JO - J Clin Virol
VL - 51
IS - 4
N2 - BACKGROUND: Domestic outbreaks of Dengue (DENV) fever from imported cases have to be considered a possible risk in non-endemic countries where Dengue vectors are present, such as in Italy. OBJECTIVE: To review imported acute/recent DENV infections in a one-year survey in a North West Italy region where the presence of Aedes albopictus is documented. STUDY DESIGN: We retrospectively reviewed laboratory and clinical records of Italian febrile travelers from Dengue endemic areas referring to the local reference Centre for Infectious Disease, covering a population of about 4 million people. RESULTS: Acute/recent DENV infection was identified in 15 out of 91 travelers from endemic areas (16.5%) including 12 primary and 3 secondary infections; in 6 patients the virus was detectable in blood according to molecular real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction-based assays: in 9 patients the diagnosis of DENV infection was accomplished by the combination of specific IgM reactivity, high IgG titers, IgG seroconversion from negative to positive and increasing (four-fold) IgG titers in paired serum samples. Two cases of DENV infections were imported from South Egypt in patients travelling together, confirming the importance of returning travelers as sentinels of a rapidly changing epidemiology in specific geographic areas. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings outline the high rate of imported Dengue infection in North West Italy and emphasize the need for a continued Dengue surveillance in non-endemic countries as well as a careful evaluation and follow-up of febrile patients returning from Dengue endemic countries.
SN - 1873-5967
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/21636317/Diagnosis_of_dengue_fever_in_North_West_Italy_in_travelers_from_endemic_areas:_a_retrospective_study_
L2 - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1386-6532(11)00183-1
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DP - Unbound Medicine
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