title: Fever screening at airports and imported dengue.
abstract: Airport fever screening in Taiwan, July 2003-June 2004, identified 40 confirmed dengue cases. Results obtained by capture immunoglobulin (Ig) M and IgG enzyme-linked immunoassay, real time 1-step polymerase chain reaction, and virus isolation showed that 33 (82.5%) of 40 patients were viremic. Airport fever screening can thus quickly identify imported dengue cases.
authors.affiliation: Center for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Pei-Yun
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Li-Jung
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Chien
authors.forename: Shu-Fen
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chien-Ling
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Yu-Chung
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: Tsai-Ling
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: Mei-Shang
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Ting-Hsiang
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Jyh-Hsiung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D013624:Taiwan; D014195:Travel; D014766:Viremia