Fever screening at airports and imported dengue.
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.
Shu
Pei-Yun
PY
Center for Disease Control, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Chien
Li-Jung
LJ
Chang
Shu-Fen
SF
Su
Chien-Ling
CL
Kuo
Yu-Chung
YC
Liao
Tsai-Ling
TL
Ho
Mei-Shang
MS
Lin
Ting-Hsiang
TH
Huang
Jyh-Hsiung
JH
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