Dengue virus infections in travellers returning from Benin to France, July-August 2010

P Gautret; E Botelho-Nevers; R N Charrel; P Parola

Dengue virus infections in travellers returning from Benin to France, July-August 2010

Euro Surveill. 2010 Sep 9;15(36):19657.

Authors

P Gautret¹, E Botelho-Nevers, R N Charrel, P Parola

Affiliation

¹ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Hôpital Nord AP-HM, Marseille, France. [email protected]

PMID: 20843471

Abstract

In July and August 2010, two cases of dengue fever were diagnosed in travellers returning from Benin to France. These two cases exemplify that dengue fever should be considered in febrile travellers, even those returning from areas where the infection is not usual.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antibodies, Viral / blood
Benin / ethnology
Dengue / epidemiology*
Dengue Virus / immunology
Female
France / epidemiology
Humans
Immunoglobulin G / blood
Immunoglobulin M / blood
Male
Travel*
Yellow fever virus / immunology

Substances

Antibodies, Viral
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M