Dengue virus infection in a traveller returning from Croatia to Germany

J Schmidt-Chanasit; M Haditsch; I Schöneberg; S Günther; K Stark; C Frank

doi:10.2807/ese.15.40.19677-en

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Dengue virus infection in a traveller returning from Croatia to Germany
J Schmidt-Chanasit¹ , M Haditsch² , I Schöneberg³ , S Günther¹ , K Stark³ , C Frank³
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Affiliations: ¹ Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Department of Virology, Hamburg, Germany ² Labor Hannover MVZ GmbH, Hannover, Germany ³ Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Berlin, Germany

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Citation style for this article: Schmidt-Chanasit J, Haditsch M, Schöneberg I, Günther S, Stark K, Frank C. Dengue virus infection in a traveller returning from Croatia to Germany. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(40):pii=19677. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.15.40.19677-en Received: 01 Oct 2010

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. .