Seasonality, Annual Trends, and Characteristics of Dengue among Ill Returned Travelers, 1997–2006

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Schwartz, Eli ; Weld, Leisa H. ; Wilder-Smith, Annelies ; von Sonnenburg, Frank ; Keystone, Jay S. ; Kain, Kevin C. ; Torresi, Joseph ; Freedman, David O.
• Corporate Authors:
  for the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
• Description:
  We examined seasonality and annual trends for dengue cases among 522 returned travelers reported to the international GeoSentinel Surveillance Network. Dengue cases showed region-specific peaks for Southeast Asia (June, September), South Central Asia (October), South America (March), and the Caribbean (August, October). Travel-related dengue exhibited annual oscillations with several epidemics occurring during the study period. In Southeast Asia, annual proportionate morbidity increased from 50 dengue cases per 1,000 ill returned travelers in nonepidemic years to an average of 159 cases per 1,000 travelers during epidemic years. Dengue can thus be added to the list of diseases for which pretravel advice should include information on relative risk according to season. Also, dengue cases detected at atypical times in sentinel travelers may inform the international community of the onset of epidemic activity in specific areas.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Female Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Middle Aged Seasons Sentinel Surveillance Travel
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 14(7):1081-1088.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U50/CI000359/CI/NCPDCID CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Asia ; Caribbean Region ; South America
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fc646f071dbc7e941b287b2c86c9a4bb48fce1dbd7d9d1238536a193fc149c24
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17098/cdc_17098_DS1.pdf
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