Open AccessDengue fever among Israeli expatriates in Delhi, 2015: implications for dengue incidence in Delhi, India
Author(s) -
Ami Neuberger,
Avigail Turgeman,
Yaniv Lustig,
Eli Schwartz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.1093/jtm/taw003
Subject(s) - dengue fever , medicine , incidence (geometry) , new delhi , chikungunya , dengue hemorrhagic fever , dengue virus , virology , chikungunya fever , travel medicine , pediatrics , pathology , metropolitan area , optics , physics
We present the data of 13 dengue cases diagnosed between 1 August and 15 September 2015 among 240 Israeli expatriates residing in Delhi. Attack rates were similar between adults (6/128, 4.7%) and children (7/112, 6.3%). dengue virus (DENV-2) was identified in two and DENV-1 in one dengue-seropositive sample. Another febrile patient was diagnosed with chikungunya virus infection. The reported incidence of dengue fever among people living in Delhi was lower than 0.1% as of September 2015. Based on our results, we hypothesize that the incidence of dengue fever in Delhi is grossly underestimated.
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