Autochthonous dengue fever in Croatia, August–September 2010

I Gjenero-Margan; B Aleraj; D Krajcar; V Lesnikar; A Klobučar; I Pem-Novosel; S Kurečić-Filipović; S Komparak; R Martić; S Đuričić; L Betica-Radić; J Okmadžić; T Vilibić-Čavlek; A Babić-Erceg; B Turković; T Avšić-Županc; I Radić; M Ljubić; K Šarac; N Benić; G Mlinarić-Galinović

doi:10.2807/ese.16.09.19805-en

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Autochthonous dengue fever in Croatia, August–September 2010
I Gjenero-Margan¹ , B Aleraj¹ , D Krajcar² , V Lesnikar² , A Klobučar² , I Pem-Novosel¹ , S Kurečić-Filipović¹ , S Komparak³ , R Martić³ , S Đuričić⁴ , L Betica-Radić⁴ , J Okmadžić⁵ , T Vilibić-Čavlek¹ , A Babić-Erceg¹ , B Turković¹ , T Avšić-Županc⁶ , I Radić¹ , M Ljubić⁷ , K Šarac¹ , N Benić² , G Mlinarić-Galinović¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia ² Public Health Institute of the City of Zagreb 'Dr. A. Štampar', Zagreb, Croatia ³ Dubrovnik–Neretva County Public Health Institute, field unit Korčula/Pelješac, Korčula, Croatia ⁴ Dubrovnik County Hospital, Infectology ward, Dubrovnik, Croatia ⁵ Primary Health Care Unit Orebić, Orebić, Croatia ⁶ Institute for Microbiology and Immunology, Medical faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia ⁷ Public Health Institute of Dubrovnik Neretva County, Epidemiology service, Dubrovnik, Croatia

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Citation style for this article: Gjenero-Margan I, Aleraj B, Krajcar D, Lesnikar V, Klobučar A, Pem-Novosel I, Kurečić-Filipović S, Komparak S, Martić R, Đuričić S, Betica-Radić L, Okmadžić J, Vilibić-Čavlek T, Babić-Erceg A, Turković B, Avšić-Županc T, Radić I, Ljubić M, Šarac K, Benić N, Mlinarić-Galinović G. Autochthonous dengue fever in Croatia, August–September 2010. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(9):pii=19805. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.16.09.19805-en Received: 11 Nov 2010

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Abstract

After information about a dengue case in Germany acquired in Croatia, health professionals and the public in Croatia were alerted to assess the situation and to enhance mosquito control, resulting in the diagnosis of a second case of autochthonous dengue fever in the same area and the detection of 15 persons with evidence of recent dengue infection. Mosquito control measures were introduced. The circumstances of dengue virus introduction to Croatia remain unresolved.