Autochthonous dengue fever in Croatia, August-September 2010

Euro Surveill. 2011 Mar 3;16(9):19805.

Abstract

After information about a dengue case in Germany acquired in Croatia, health professionals and the public in Croatia were alerted to assess the situation and to enhance mosquito control, resulting in the diagnosis of a second case of autochthonous dengue fever in the same area and the detection of 15 persons with evidence of recent dengue infection. Mosquito control measures were introduced. The circumstances of dengue virus introduction to Croatia remain unresolved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, Viral / blood*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Croatia
  • Dengue / diagnosis*
  • Dengue / transmission
  • Dengue / virology
  • Dengue Virus / genetics
  • Dengue Virus / immunology
  • Dengue Virus / isolation & purification*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Germany
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Immunoglobulin M / blood
  • Male
  • Mosquito Control*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Travel

Substances

  • Antigens, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M