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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1801.110191
Personal Author:
Louis, Christos
Description:
During the late summers of 1927 and 1928, a biphasic dengue epidemic affected the Athens, Greece, metropolitan area; >90% of the population became sick, and >1,000 persons (1,553 in the entire country) died. This epidemic was the most recent and most serious dengue fever epidemic in Europe. Review of all articles published by one of the most influential Greek daily newspapers (I Kathimerini) during the epidemic and the years that followed it did not shed light on the controversy about whether the high number of deaths resulted from dengue hemorrhagic fever after sequential infections with dengue virus types 1 and 2 or to a particularly virulent type 1 virus. Nevertheless, study of the old reports is crucial considering the relatively recent introduction of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes and the frequent warnings of a possible reemergence of dengue fever in Europe.
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Aedes Animals Communicable Diseases, Emerging/history Dengue/epidemiology Dengue/history Dengue/mortality Dengue/virology Epidemics/history History, 20th Century Humans Insect Vectors Newspapers As Topic/history
Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 18(1):78-82.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Genre:
Historical Article
Place as Subject:
Greece
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23614/cdc_23614_DS1.pdf
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