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Euro Surveill. Clinical presentation and laboratory findings for the first autochthonous cases of dengue fever in Madeira island, Portugal, October 2012
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M J Alves (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, P L Fernandes<SUP>2</SUP>, F Amaro<SUP>1</SUP>, H Os?rio<SUP>1</SUP>, T Luz<SUP>1</SUP>, P Parreira<SUP>1</SUP>, G Andrade<SUP>2</SUP>, L Z?-Z?<SUP>1</SUP>, H Zeller<SUP>3</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Alves MJ, Fernandes PL, Amaro F, Os?rio H, Luz T, Parreira P, Andrade G, Z?-Z? L, Zeller H. Clinical presentation and laboratory findings for the first autochthonous cases of dengue fever in Madeira island, Portugal, October 2012. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(6):pii=20398. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20398
Date of submission: 22 January 2013 <HR>An outbreak of dengue fever in Madeira island was reported in 2012. Clinical and laboratory findings of the first two laboratory-confirmed autochthonous cases are reported. Both cases had fever (≥38 ?C) and petechial rash. Symptoms also included myalgia, asthenia, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, diffuse abdominal pain, and diarrhoea. The two cases were confirmed by serology and one tested positive for a dengue viral sequence. Dengue virus serotype DEN-1 was identified with probable Central or South American origin.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 6, 07 February 2013
Rapid communications
Clinical presentation and laboratory findings for the first autochthonous cases of dengue fever in Madeira island, Portugal, October 2012
Rapid communications
Clinical presentation and laboratory findings for the first autochthonous cases of dengue fever in Madeira island, Portugal, October 2012
M J Alves (
- Centro de Estudos de Vectores e Doen?as Infecciosas, Instituto Nacional de Sa?de Dr. Ricardo Jorge, ?guas de Moura, Portugal
- Laborat?rio de Patologia Cl?nica, Hospital Dr. N?lio Mendon?a, Funchal, Regi?o Aut?noma da Madeira, Portugal
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
Citation style for this article: Alves MJ, Fernandes PL, Amaro F, Os?rio H, Luz T, Parreira P, Andrade G, Z?-Z? L, Zeller H. Clinical presentation and laboratory findings for the first autochthonous cases of dengue fever in Madeira island, Portugal, October 2012. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(6):pii=20398. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20398
Date of submission: 22 January 2013 <HR>An outbreak of dengue fever in Madeira island was reported in 2012. Clinical and laboratory findings of the first two laboratory-confirmed autochthonous cases are reported. Both cases had fever (≥38 ?C) and petechial rash. Symptoms also included myalgia, asthenia, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, diffuse abdominal pain, and diarrhoea. The two cases were confirmed by serology and one tested positive for a dengue viral sequence. Dengue virus serotype DEN-1 was identified with probable Central or South American origin.