Autochthonous dengue fever in Croatia, August-September 2010.

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalEuro surveillance : bulletin Européen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Year 2011
After information about a dengue case in Germany acquired in Croatia, health professionals and the public in Croatia were alerted to assess the situation and to enhance mosquito control, resulting in the diagnosis of a second case of autochthonous dengue fever in the same area and the detection of 15 persons with evidence of recent dengue infection. Mosquito control measures were introduced. The circumstances of dengue virus introduction to Croatia remain unresolved.
Epistemonikos ID: 788bfb79b328b3dc288f287349425fced5301d23
First added on: Mar 11, 2015