Autochthonous dengue virus infection in Japan imported into Germany, September 2013

J Schmidt-Chanasit; P Emmerich; D Tappe; S Günther; S Schmidt; D Wolff; K Hentschel; D Sagebiel; I Schöneberg; K Stark; C Frank

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.3.20681

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Autochthonous dengue virus infection in Japan imported into Germany, September 2013
J Schmidt-Chanasit^1,2 , P Emmerich¹ , D Tappe¹ , S Günther¹ , S Schmidt³ , D Wolff³ , K Hentschel⁴ , D Sagebiel⁴ , I Schöneberg⁵ , K Stark⁵ , C Frank⁵
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Affiliations: ¹ Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus and Haemorrhagic Fever Reference and Research, Hamburg, Germany ² German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hamburg-Luebeck-Borstel, Hamburg, Germany ³ Public Health Authority Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Berlin, Germany ⁴ State Office of Health and Social Affairs, Berlin, Germany ⁵ Robert Koch Institute, Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Division of Gastrointestinal Infections, Zoonoses and Tropical Infections, Berlin, Germany

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Citation style for this article: Schmidt-Chanasit J, Emmerich P, Tappe D, Günther S, Schmidt S, Wolff D, Hentschel K, Sagebiel D, Schöneberg I, Stark K, Frank C. Autochthonous dengue virus infection in Japan imported into Germany, September 2013. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(3):pii=20681. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.3.20681 Received: 18 Jan 2014

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Abstract

In September 2013, dengue virus (DENV) infection was diagnosed in a German traveller returning from Japan. DENV-specific IgM and IgG and DENV NS1 antigen were detected in the patient's blood, as were DENV serotype 2-specific antibodies. Public health authorities should be aware that autochthonous transmission of this emerging virus may occur in Japan. Our findings also highlight the importance of taking a full travel history, even from travellers not returning from tropical countries, to assess potential infection risks of patients. .