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Euro Surveill. Dengue virus infections in travellers returning from Benin to France, July-August 2010
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 36, 09 September 2010
Rapid communications
Dengue virus infections in travellers returning from Benin to France, July-August 2010
P Gautret 1,2, E Botelho-Nevers 1, R N Charrel 3, P Parola 1
1. Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Hôpital Nord AP-HM, Marseille, France
2. EurotravNet, the Network for travel medicine and tropical diseases of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Marseille, France
3. Virology laboratory, AP-HM hospital Timone, Marseille, France
Citation style for this article: Gautret P, Botelho-Nevers E, Charrel RN, Parola P. Dengue virus infections in travellers returning from Benin to France, July-August 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(36):pii=19657. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=19657
Date of submission: 27 August 2010
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.
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 36, 09 September 2010
Rapid communications
Dengue virus infections in travellers returning from Benin to France, July-August 2010
P Gautret 1,2, E Botelho-Nevers 1, R N Charrel 3, P Parola 1
1. Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Hôpital Nord AP-HM, Marseille, France
2. EurotravNet, the Network for travel medicine and tropical diseases of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Marseille, France
3. Virology laboratory, AP-HM hospital Timone, Marseille, France
Citation style for this article: Gautret P, Botelho-Nevers E, Charrel RN, Parola P. Dengue virus infections in travellers returning from Benin to France, July-August 2010. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(36):pii=19657. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=19657
Date of submission: 27 August 2010
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.
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