Dengue virus infection in a traveller returning from Croatia to Germany

Euro Surveill. 2010 Oct 7;15(40):19677. doi: 10.2807/ese.15.40.19677-en.

Abstract

Dengue virus (DENV) is endemic in south-east Asia and Central to South America. In August 2010, a DENV infection was diagnosed in a German traveller returning from a trip to Croatia in south-east Europe. The patient presented with fever and other typical symptoms of DENV-infection. Virological investigation revealed the presence of DENV-specific IgM, a rise in DENV-specific IgG and the presence of DENV NS1 antigen in the patient’s blood.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Antigens, Viral / blood*
  • Croatia
  • Dengue / diagnosis*
  • Dengue / virology
  • Dengue Virus / immunology
  • Dengue Virus / isolation & purification*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
  • Germany
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Immunoglobulin M / blood
  • Immunoglobulin M / immunology
  • Male
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Travel*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antigens, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M