Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
France reported 2 indigenous dengue cases; now Germany reports dengue in (a) German(s) who travelled to Croatia
machinetranslated
01.10.2010.
German tourists vacationing on the peninsula, returned home with a disease transmitted by tiger mosquitoes
Tiger mosquitoes can transmit some tropical viral infection, a disease dengue is among the easiest. May pass without symptoms, the most common are fever, high fever, headache, muscle aches and joint pain
Immediately after returning home from a two-week summer holiday in August on the peninsula in Croatia, the German tourists found dengue disease, transmitted by the so-called. tiger mosquitoes, which have emerged in recent years in Croatia, especially in coastal areas.
Croatian Institute for Public Health (CIPH) has received the notification from the Berlin Institute, Robert Koch, a Croatian and German experts determined jointly by all the circumstances of infection.
Tiger mosquitoes can transmit some tropical viral infection, a disease dengue is among the easiest. May pass without symptoms, the most common are fever, high fever, headache, aching muscles and joints.
But these mosquitoes are now in Europe, except for a very unpleasant bites, did not significantly impact on human health, said in a statement today head of the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases HZJZ and Occupational Health-Margan.
Epidemiologists say that it does not work on the alarming situation, but it is a very small risk to our residents and tourists. The health service has so far been registered in Croatia, dengue, but the people who were originally living in the tropical countries and there were exposed to infection.
However, the possibility of infection in Croatia is expected due to the presence of mosquitoes and tigrastih large international transport of people and goods.
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machinetranslated
01.10.2010.
German tourists vacationing on the peninsula, returned home with a disease transmitted by tiger mosquitoes
Tiger mosquitoes can transmit some tropical viral infection, a disease dengue is among the easiest. May pass without symptoms, the most common are fever, high fever, headache, muscle aches and joint pain
Immediately after returning home from a two-week summer holiday in August on the peninsula in Croatia, the German tourists found dengue disease, transmitted by the so-called. tiger mosquitoes, which have emerged in recent years in Croatia, especially in coastal areas.
Croatian Institute for Public Health (CIPH) has received the notification from the Berlin Institute, Robert Koch, a Croatian and German experts determined jointly by all the circumstances of infection.
Tiger mosquitoes can transmit some tropical viral infection, a disease dengue is among the easiest. May pass without symptoms, the most common are fever, high fever, headache, aching muscles and joints.
But these mosquitoes are now in Europe, except for a very unpleasant bites, did not significantly impact on human health, said in a statement today head of the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases HZJZ and Occupational Health-Margan.
Epidemiologists say that it does not work on the alarming situation, but it is a very small risk to our residents and tourists. The health service has so far been registered in Croatia, dengue, but the people who were originally living in the tropical countries and there were exposed to infection.
However, the possibility of infection in Croatia is expected due to the presence of mosquitoes and tigrastih large international transport of people and goods.
read more