Asymptomatic arbovirus and campylobacter infections in German travelers to Asia

The true risk for many travel diseases is unknown because most studies do not detect asymptomatic infections. In this study, we performed ELISA for dengue virus (DENV), chikungunya virus (CHIKV), Zika virus (ZIKV), hepatitis E virus (HEV), and Campylobacter jejuni on samples from 81 healthy Germans...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dammermann, Werner, Haller, Isabel-Elena, Singethan, Katrin, Vinnemeier, Christof D., Hentschel, Florian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Vienna 2023
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10511557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37728769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-023-05870-y
_version_ 1785108168365309952
author Dammermann, Werner
Haller, Isabel-Elena
Singethan, Katrin
Vinnemeier, Christof D.
Hentschel, Florian
author_facet Dammermann, Werner
Haller, Isabel-Elena
Singethan, Katrin
Vinnemeier, Christof D.
Hentschel, Florian
author_sort Dammermann, Werner
collection PubMed
description The true risk for many travel diseases is unknown because most studies do not detect asymptomatic infections. In this study, we performed ELISA for dengue virus (DENV), chikungunya virus (CHIKV), Zika virus (ZIKV), hepatitis E virus (HEV), and Campylobacter jejuni on samples from 81 healthy Germans before and after they traveled to Asia. ELISA found five seroconversions for C. jejuni, two for DENV, one for ZIKV, and zero for HEV. For CHIKV, three subjects were positive before travel and negative afterwards. None had symptoms. These infections would have gone unnoticed by retrospective studies. Therefore, the risk for these infections may be higher than previously estimated.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10511557
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher Springer Vienna
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-105115572023-09-22 Asymptomatic arbovirus and campylobacter infections in German travelers to Asia Dammermann, Werner Haller, Isabel-Elena Singethan, Katrin Vinnemeier, Christof D. Hentschel, Florian Arch Virol Brief Report The true risk for many travel diseases is unknown because most studies do not detect asymptomatic infections. In this study, we performed ELISA for dengue virus (DENV), chikungunya virus (CHIKV), Zika virus (ZIKV), hepatitis E virus (HEV), and Campylobacter jejuni on samples from 81 healthy Germans before and after they traveled to Asia. ELISA found five seroconversions for C. jejuni, two for DENV, one for ZIKV, and zero for HEV. For CHIKV, three subjects were positive before travel and negative afterwards. None had symptoms. These infections would have gone unnoticed by retrospective studies. Therefore, the risk for these infections may be higher than previously estimated. Springer Vienna 2023-09-20 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10511557/ /pubmed/37728769 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-023-05870-y Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Brief Report
Dammermann, Werner
Haller, Isabel-Elena
Singethan, Katrin
Vinnemeier, Christof D.
Hentschel, Florian
Asymptomatic arbovirus and campylobacter infections in German travelers to Asia
title Asymptomatic arbovirus and campylobacter infections in German travelers to Asia
title_full Asymptomatic arbovirus and campylobacter infections in German travelers to Asia
title_fullStr Asymptomatic arbovirus and campylobacter infections in German travelers to Asia
title_full_unstemmed Asymptomatic arbovirus and campylobacter infections in German travelers to Asia
title_short Asymptomatic arbovirus and campylobacter infections in German travelers to Asia
title_sort asymptomatic arbovirus and campylobacter infections in german travelers to asia
topic Brief Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10511557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37728769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-023-05870-y
work_keys_str_mv AT dammermannwerner asymptomaticarbovirusandcampylobacterinfectionsingermantravelerstoasia
AT hallerisabelelena asymptomaticarbovirusandcampylobacterinfectionsingermantravelerstoasia
AT singethankatrin asymptomaticarbovirusandcampylobacterinfectionsingermantravelerstoasia
AT vinnemeierchristofd asymptomaticarbovirusandcampylobacterinfectionsingermantravelerstoasia
AT hentschelflorian asymptomaticarbovirusandcampylobacterinfectionsingermantravelerstoasia

Ejemplares similares