Probable Dengue Virus Infection Among Italian Troops, East Timor, 1999–2000

To investigate the attack rate and risk factors for probable dengue fever, a cross-sectional study was conducted of an Italian military unit after its deployment to East Timor. Probable dengue was contracted by 16 (6.6%) of 241 army troops and caused half of all medical evacuations (12/24); no cases...

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Autores principales: Peragallo, Mario Stefano, Nicoletti, Loredana, Lista, Florigio, D’Amelio, Raffaele
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3023449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12890333
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0907.020496
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author Peragallo, Mario Stefano
Nicoletti, Loredana
Lista, Florigio
D’Amelio, Raffaele
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description To investigate the attack rate and risk factors for probable dengue fever, a cross-sectional study was conducted of an Italian military unit after its deployment to East Timor. Probable dengue was contracted by 16 (6.6%) of 241 army troops and caused half of all medical evacuations (12/24); no cases were detected among navy and air force personnel.
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spelling pubmed-30234492011-01-27 Probable Dengue Virus Infection Among Italian Troops, East Timor, 1999–2000 Peragallo, Mario Stefano Nicoletti, Loredana Lista, Florigio D’Amelio, Raffaele Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To investigate the attack rate and risk factors for probable dengue fever, a cross-sectional study was conducted of an Italian military unit after its deployment to East Timor. Probable dengue was contracted by 16 (6.6%) of 241 army troops and caused half of all medical evacuations (12/24); no cases were detected among navy and air force personnel. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3023449/ /pubmed/12890333 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0907.020496 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Peragallo, Mario Stefano
Nicoletti, Loredana
Lista, Florigio
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Probable Dengue Virus Infection Among Italian Troops, East Timor, 1999–2000
title Probable Dengue Virus Infection Among Italian Troops, East Timor, 1999–2000
title_full Probable Dengue Virus Infection Among Italian Troops, East Timor, 1999–2000
title_fullStr Probable Dengue Virus Infection Among Italian Troops, East Timor, 1999–2000
title_full_unstemmed Probable Dengue Virus Infection Among Italian Troops, East Timor, 1999–2000
title_short Probable Dengue Virus Infection Among Italian Troops, East Timor, 1999–2000
title_sort probable dengue virus infection among italian troops, east timor, 1999–2000
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3023449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12890333
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0907.020496
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