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C.B.E.M. Reusken (Chantal), J. Bakker (Jacinta), J.H.J. Reimerink (Johan), H. Zelena (Hana) and M.P.G. Koopmans D.V.M. (Marion)

2013

Underdiagnosis of chikungunya virus infections in symptomatic Dutch travelers returning from the Indian ocean area

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Journal of travel medicine , Volume 20 - Issue 1 p. 44- 46

A putative underdiagnosis of clinical chikungunya virus infection in Dutch travelers to the Indian Ocean area was addressed by retrospective screening of all sera for which requested dengue virus serology was negative in the period 2007 to 2010. Evidence for a recent infection was observed in 6.5% of 107 patients, indicating a substantial underdiagnosis and the need for increased awareness among physicians.

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Keywords Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Australia, Bahrain, Chikungunya alphavirus, Dubai, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Netherlands, Oman, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, adolescent, adult, aged, article, chikungunya, child, clinical feature, diagnostic error, differential diagnosis, female, human, human tissue, immunofluorescence, infant, major clinical study, male, preschool child, retrospective study, school child, seroconversion, serology, travel
Persistent URL doi.org/10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00670.x, hdl.handle.net/1765/38986
Journal Journal of travel medicine
Organisation Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam
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Reusken, C., Bakker, J., Reimerink, J., Zelena, H., & Koopmans, M., D.V.M. (2013). Underdiagnosis of chikungunya virus infections in symptomatic Dutch travelers returning from the Indian ocean area. Journal of travel medicine, 20(1), 44–46. doi:10.1111/j.1708-8305.2012.00670.x


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