Probable Dengue Virus Infection Among Italian Troops, East Timor, 1999–2000

Peragallo, Mario Stefano; Nicoletti, Loredana; Lista, Florigio; D’Amelio, Raffaele

doi:10.3201/eid0907.020496

i

Probable Dengue Virus Infection Among Italian Troops, East Timor, 1999–2000

Supporting Files Public Domain

Jul 2003
By Peragallo, Mario Stefano ; Nicoletti, Loredana ; Lista, Florigio ; ...

File Language:

English

Details

Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Peragallo, Mario Stefano ; Nicoletti, Loredana ; Lista, Florigio ; D’Amelio, Raffaele
Corporate Authors:

East Timor Dengue Study Group
Description:

To investigate the attack rate and risk factors for probable dengue fever, a cross-sectional study was conducted of an Italian military unit after its deployment to East Timor. Probable dengue was contracted by 16 (6.6%) of 241 army troops and caused half of all medical evacuations (12/24); no cases were detected among navy and air force personnel.
Subjects:

Adult Dengue Dengue Virus Humans Male Military Personnel Risk Factors Seroepidemiologic Studies
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 9(7):876-880.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Indonesia ; Italy
Volume:

9
Issue:

7
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha256:9f3e26eb3d8805385f5a85447b68ee5b0168b7ca54ccfd6f6e962643d69ebe5b
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14098/cdc_14098_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 200.78 KB ]

02-0496.nxml

Download txt
license.txt

Download txt

File Language:

English

ON THIS PAGE

Details Supporting Files

CDC STACKS serves as an archival repository of CDC-published products including scientific findings, journal articles, guidelines, recommendations, or other public health information authored or co-authored by CDC or funded partners.

As a repository, CDC STACKS retains documents in their original published format to ensure public access to scientific information.