title: Dengue antibody prevalence in German travelers.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Berlin Institute of Tropical Medicine, Berlin, Germany. ole.wichmann@charite.de
authors.forename: Ole
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Wichmann
authors.forename: Annekathrin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lauschke
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: Pei-Yun
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Shu
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niedrig
authors.forename: Jyh-Hsiung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jelinek
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral