Cluster of new influenza A(H1N1) cases in travellers returning from Scotland to Greece - community transmission within the European Union?

T Panagiotopoulos; S Bonovas; K Danis; D Iliopoulos; X Dedoukou; A Pavli; P Smeti; A Mentis; A Kossivakis; A Melidou; E Diza; D Chatzidimitriou; E Koratzanis; S Michailides; E Passalidou; P Kollaras; P Nikolaides; S Tsiodras

doi:10.2807/ese.14.21.19226-en

Cluster of new influenza A(H1N1) cases in travellers returning from Scotland to Greece - community transmission within the European Union?

Euro Surveill. 2009 May 28;14(21):19226. doi: 10.2807/ese.14.21.19226-en.

Authors

T Panagiotopoulos¹, S Bonovas, K Danis, D Iliopoulos, X Dedoukou, A Pavli, P Smeti, A Mentis, A Kossivakis, A Melidou, E Diza, D Chatzidimitriou, E Koratzanis, S Michailides, E Passalidou, P Kollaras, P Nikolaides, S Tsiodras

Affiliation

¹ Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), Athens, Greece. [email protected]

PMID: 19480814
DOI: 10.2807/ese.14.21.19226-en

Abstract

On 26 and 27 May, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Greece reported two confirmed cases of new influenza A(H1N1) virus infection in travellers returning from Scotland. The two cases had no apparent traceable links to an infectious source. Herein we report details of the two cases and potential public health implications.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

European Union
Greece / epidemiology
Humans
Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / isolation & purification*
Influenza, Human / epidemiology*
Influenza, Human / physiopathology
Male
Scotland
Travel*
Young Adult