Virus isolation for diagnosing dengue virus infections in returning travelers

被引：5

作者：

Teichmann, D

Göbels, K

Niedrig, M

Sim-Brandenburg, JW

Làge-Stehr, J

Grobusch, MP

机构：

[1] Stadt Klinikum Dresden Neustadt, Med Clin, Dept Trop Med & Infect Dis, D-01129 Dresden, Germany

[2] Humboldt Univ, Med Clin, Dept Infect Dis, D-13353 Berlin, Germany

[3] Robert Koch Inst, D-13353 Berlin, Germany

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2003年 / 22卷 / 11期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1007/s10096-003-1004-5

中图分类号：

R51 [传染病];

学科分类号：

100401 ;

摘要：

Dengue fever is recognized as one of the most frequent imported acute febrile illnesses affecting European tourists returning from the tropics. In order to assess the value of virus isolation for the diagnosis of dengue fever, 70 cases of dengue fever confirmed in German travelers during the period 1993-2001 were analyzed retrospectively. In 26 patients who had developed acute febrile illness within 2 weeks following their return from a trip to a dengue-endemic area, 9 of 13 attempts to isolate the virus were successful in sera drawn 1-5 days and 2 of 13 sera drawn 6-10 days after the onset of illness. DEN-1 was the most frequent serotype isolated. If performed early, virus isolation is a reliable tool for detecting dengue virus in returning travelers.

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页码：697 / 700

页数：4

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