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Euro Surveill. Ongoing outbreak of dengue type 1 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal: preliminary report
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C A Sousa (
)<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, M Clairouin<SUP>3</SUP>, G Seixas<SUP>1</SUP>, B Viveiros<SUP>3</SUP>, M T Novo<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP>, A C Silva<SUP>3</SUP>, M T Escoval<SUP>4</SUP>, A Economopoulou<SUP>5</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Sousa CA, Clairouin M, Seixas G, Viveiros B, Novo MT, Silva AC, Escoval MT, Economopoulou A. Ongoing outbreak of dengue type 1 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal: preliminary report. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(49):pii=20333. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20333
Date of submission: 19 November 2012 <HR>Following the identification of two autochthonous cases of dengue type 1 on 3 October 2012, an outbreak of dengue fever has been reported in Madeira, Portugal. As of 25 November, 1,891 cases have been detected on the island where the vector Aedes aegypti had been established in some areas since 2005. This event represents the first epidemic of dengue fever in Europe since 1928 and concerted control measures have been initiated by local health authorities.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 49, 06 December 2012
Rapid communications
Ongoing outbreak of dengue type 1 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal: preliminary report
Rapid communications
Ongoing outbreak of dengue type 1 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal: preliminary report
C A Sousa (
- Unidade de Ensino e Investiga??o de Parasitologia M?dica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Unidade de Parasitologia e Microbiologia M?dicas, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Departamento de Promo??o e Prote??o da Sa?de, Instituto de Administra??o da Sa?de e Assuntos Sociais, Autonomous Region Madeira, Portugal
- Portuguese Haemovigilance System, Blood and Transplantation Portuguese Institute, Lisbon, Portugal
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
Citation style for this article: Sousa CA, Clairouin M, Seixas G, Viveiros B, Novo MT, Silva AC, Escoval MT, Economopoulou A. Ongoing outbreak of dengue type 1 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal: preliminary report. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(49):pii=20333. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20333
Date of submission: 19 November 2012 <HR>Following the identification of two autochthonous cases of dengue type 1 on 3 October 2012, an outbreak of dengue fever has been reported in Madeira, Portugal. As of 25 November, 1,891 cases have been detected on the island where the vector Aedes aegypti had been established in some areas since 2005. This event represents the first epidemic of dengue fever in Europe since 1928 and concerted control measures have been initiated by local health authorities.