Dengue antibody prevalence in German travelers.
We studied 2,259 German citizens after they returned from dengue-endemic countries from 1996 to 2004. Serotype-specific dengue antibodies indicated acute infections in 51 (4.7%) travelers with recent fever and 13 (1.1%) travelers with no recent fever, depending largely on destination and epidemic activity in the countries visited.
Wichmann
Ole
O
Berlin Institute of Tropical Medicine, Berlin, Germany. ole.wichmann@charite.de
Lauschke
Annekathrin
A
Frank
Christina
C
Shu
Pei-Yun
PY
Niedrig
Matthias
M
Huang
Jyh-Hsiung
JH
Stark
Klaus
K
Jelinek
Tomas
T
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014195:Travel
D000914:Antibodies, Viral