Identification of dengue type 2 virus in febrile travellers returning from Burkina Faso to France, related to an ongoing outbreak, October to November 2016

Dengue fever is rarely reported in travellers returning from Africa. We report two cases of dengue fever in travellers returning from Burkina Faso to France. One of them presented a severe dengue fever with ALT > 1,000 IU/L and pericarditis. Serotype 2 was identified. The cases reflect a large on...

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Autores principales: Eldin, Carole, Gautret, Philippe, Nougairede, Antoine, Sentis, Mélanie, Ninove, Laetitia, Saidani, Nadia, Million, Matthieu, Brouqui, Philippe, Charrel, Remi, Parola, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2016
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5291134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28006651
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.50.30425
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Sumario:Dengue fever is rarely reported in travellers returning from Africa. We report two cases of dengue fever in travellers returning from Burkina Faso to France. One of them presented a severe dengue fever with ALT > 1,000 IU/L and pericarditis. Serotype 2 was identified. The cases reflect a large ongoing outbreak with over 1,000 reported cases between August and November in the capital city. Clinicians should consider dengue fever in malaria-negative febrile travellers returning from Africa.

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