Ongoing outbreak of dengue type 1 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal: preliminary report

C A Sousa; M Clairouin; G Seixas; B Viveiros; M T Novo; A C Silva; M T Escoval; A Economopoulou

doi:10.2807/ese.17.49.20333-en

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Ongoing outbreak of dengue type 1 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal: preliminary report
C A Sousa^1,2 , M Clairouin³ , G Seixas¹ , B Viveiros³ , M T Novo^1,2 , A C Silva³ , M T Escoval⁴ , A Economopoulou⁵
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Affiliations: ¹ Unidade de Ensino e Investigação de Parasitologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal ² Unidade de Parasitologia e Microbiologia Médicas, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal ³ Departamento de Promoção e Proteção da Saúde, Instituto de Administração da Saúde e Assuntos Sociais, Autonomous Region Madeira, Portugal ⁴ Portuguese Haemovigilance System, Blood and Transplantation Portuguese Institute, Lisbon, Portugal ⁵ European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden

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Citation style for this article: Sousa C A, Clairouin M, Seixas G, Viveiros B, Novo M T, Silva A C, Escoval M T, Economopoulou A. Ongoing outbreak of dengue type 1 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal: preliminary report. Euro Surveill. 2012;17(49):pii=20333. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.17.49.20333-en Received: 19 Nov 2012

Abstract

Following the identification of two autochthonous cases of dengue type 1 on 3 October 2012, an outbreak of dengue fever has been reported in Madeira, Portugal. As of 25 November, 1,891 cases have been detected on the island where the vector Aedes aegypti had been established in some areas since 2005. This event represents the first epidemic of dengue fever in Europe since 1928 and concerted control measures have been initiated by local health authorities.