| Literature DB >> 32088276 |
Susana Monge1, Visitación García-Ortúzar2, Begoña López Hernández3, María Ángeles Lopaz Pérez4, Sarah Delacour-Estrella5, María Paz Sánchez-Seco6, Beatriz Fernández Martinez7, Lucía García San Miguel8, Ana García-Fulgueiras2, María José Sierra Moros8.
Abstract
On October 3rd 2018, dengue virus (DENV) infection was confirmed in three family members (symptoms onset between August 18th and 27th) without travel history outside of Spain. They had been together in the Autonomous Communities (AC) of Murcia and Andalusia. By the end of October, a second cluster of two dengue cases (symptoms onset on September 27th and 30th) was confirmed in the AC of Murcia. DENV type 1 sequence was identical to the first cluster, and the epidemiological link was a visit from a case of the first cluster to a fruit-farm neighboring the small village of residence of the second cluster. The entomological investigation found Aedes albopictus activity in this area although all mosquitoes were PCR-negative for DENV. This is the first autochthonous dengue outbreak identified in Spain. This outbreak highlights challenges to timely detect and respond to DENV transmission and opens questions on dengue dynamics in a non-endemic context.Entities:
Keywords: Aedes; Autochthonous transmission; Dengue; Dengue virus; Disease outbreaks; Europe; Spain
Year: 2020 PMID： 32088276 DOI： 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105402
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Trop ISSN： 0001-706X Impact factor: 3.112