Probable dengue virus infection among Italian troops, East Timor, 1999-2000.
To investigate the attack rate and risk factors for probable dengue fever, a cross-sectional study was conducted of an Italian military unit after its deployment to East Timor. Probable dengue was contracted by 16 (6.6%) of 241 army troops and caused half of all medical evacuations (12/24); no cases were detected among navy and air force personnel.
Peragallo
Mario Stefano
MS
Centro Studi e Ricerche Sanità e Veterinaria Esercito, Rome, Italy.
Nicoletti
Loredana
L
Lista
Florigio
F
D'Amelio
Raffaele
R
D000328:Adult; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003716:Dengue Virus; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007558:Italy / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies