Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 18, Issue 8, 21 February 2013
Rapid communications
Imported dengue virus serotype 1 from Madeira to Finland 2012
Rapid communications
Imported dengue virus serotype 1 from Madeira to Finland 2012
E Huhtamo (
)<SUP>1</SUP>, E M Korhonen<SUP>1</SUP>, O Vapalahti<SUP>1</SUP><SUP>,2</SUP><SUP>,3</SUP>
Citation style for this article: Huhtamo E, Korhonen EM, Vapalahti O. Imported dengue virus serotype 1 from Madeira to Finland 2012. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(8)
ii=20405. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20405
Date of submission: 06 February 2013 <HR>
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/images/dynamic/EE/V18N08/Huhtamo_Fig.jpgImported dengue cases originating from the Madeiran outbreak are increasingly reported. In 2012 five Finnish travellers returning from Madeira were diagnosed with dengue fever. Viral sequence data was obtained from two patients. The partial C-preM sequences (399 and 396 bp respectively) were found similar to that of an autochthonous case from Madeira. The partial E-gene sequence (933 bp) which was identical among the two patients grouped phylogenetically with South American strains of dengue virus serotype 1.
- ------- Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Virology and Immunology, Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory (HUSLAB), Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Citation style for this article: Huhtamo E, Korhonen EM, Vapalahti O. Imported dengue virus serotype 1 from Madeira to Finland 2012. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(8)
ii=20405. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20405 Date of submission: 06 February 2013 <HR>
http://www.eurosurveillance.org/images/dynamic/EE/V18N08/Huhtamo_Fig.jpgImported dengue cases originating from the Madeiran outbreak are increasingly reported. In 2012 five Finnish travellers returning from Madeira were diagnosed with dengue fever. Viral sequence data was obtained from two patients. The partial C-preM sequences (399 and 396 bp respectively) were found similar to that of an autochthonous case from Madeira. The partial E-gene sequence (933 bp) which was identical among the two patients grouped phylogenetically with South American strains of dengue virus serotype 1.