title: Dengue fever among Israeli expatriates in Delhi, 2015: implications for dengue incidence in Delhi, India.
abstract: We present the data of 13 dengue cases diagnosed between 1 August and 15 September 2015 among 240 Israeli expatriates residing in Delhi. Attack rates were similar between adults (6/128, 4.7%) and children (7/112, 6.3%). dengue virus (DENV-2) was identified in two and DENV-1 in one dengue-seropositive sample. Another febrile patient was diagnosed with chikungunya virus infection. The reported incidence of dengue fever among people living in Delhi was lower than 0.1% as of September 2015. Based on our results, we hypothesize that the incidence of dengue fever in Delhi is grossly underestimated.
authors.affiliation: Rambam Medical Center & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel, a_neuberger@rambam.health.gov.il.
authors.forename: Ami
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Neuberger
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, Leumit Medical Services, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Avigail
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turgeman
authors.affiliation: Central Virology Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Tel-Hashomer, Israel and.
authors.forename: Yaniv
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lustig
authors.affiliation: The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer & Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D065632:Chikungunya Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D060085:Coinfection; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D014195:Travel; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Delhi; Dengue; India; dengue fever; epidemiology