Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes Among Travelers With Severe Dengue : A GeoSentinel Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dengue virus is a flavivirus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes and is an important cause of illness worldwide. Data on the severity of travel-associated dengue illness are limited.

Objective

To describe the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcomes among international travelers with severe dengue or dengue with warning signs as defined by the 2009 World Health Organization classification (that is, complicated dengue).

Design

Retrospective chart review and analysis of travelers with complicated dengue reported to GeoSentinel from January 2007 through July 2022.

Setting

20 of 71 international GeoSentinel sites.

Patients

Returning travelers with complicated dengue.

Measurements

Routinely collected surveillance data plus cha

SUBMITTER: Huits R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10760980 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature