Cluster of new influenza A(H1N1) cases in travellers returning from Scotland to Greece – community transmission within the European Union?

T Panagiotopoulos; S Bonovas; K Danis; D Iliopoulos; X Dedoukou; A Pavli; P Smeti; A Mentis; A Kossivakis; A Melidou; E Diza; D Chatzidimitriou; E Koratzanis; S Michailides; E Passalidou; P Kollaras; P Nikolaides; S Tsiodras

doi:10.2807/ese.14.21.19226-en

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Cluster of new influenza A(H1N1) cases in travellers returning from Scotland to Greece – community transmission within the European Union?

T Panagiotopoulos^1,2, S Bonovas¹, K Danis^1,2, D Iliopoulos¹, X Dedoukou¹, A Pavli¹, P Smeti¹, A Mentis³, A Kossivakis³, A Melidou⁴, E Diza⁴, D Chatzidimitriou⁴, E Koratzanis⁵, S Michailides⁵, E Passalidou⁵, P Kollaras⁶, P Nikolaides⁶, S Tsiodras^1,7
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Affiliations: ¹ Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), Athens, Greece ² National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece ³ National Influenza Reference Laboratory for Southern Greece (Hellenic Pasteur Institute), Athens, Greece ⁴ National Influenza Reference Laboratory for Northern Greece, Second Department of Microbiology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece ⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, Sismanogleio Hospital, Athens, Greece ⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece ⁷ University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

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Citation style for this article: Panagiotopoulos T, Bonovas S, Danis K, Iliopoulos D, Dedoukou X, Pavli A, Smeti P, Mentis A, Kossivakis A, Melidou A, Diza E, Chatzidimitriou D, Koratzanis E, Michailides S, Passalidou E, Kollaras P, Nikolaides P, Tsiodras S. Cluster of new influenza A(H1N1) cases in travellers returning from Scotland to Greece – community transmission within the European Union?. Euro Surveill. 2009;14(21):pii=19226. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.14.21.19226-en Received: 28 May 2009

Abstract

On 26 and 27 May, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Greece reported two confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) virus infection in travellers returning from Scotland. The two cases had no apparent traceable links to an infectious source. Herein we report details of the two cases and potential public health implications.