Dengue fever in Czech travellers: A 10-year retrospective study in a tertiary care centre

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/27283933:_____/15:N0000061 RIV/00216208:11110/16:10323711 RIV/00216208:11130/16:10323711 RIV/00216208:11120/16:43909981 RIV/75010330:_____/16:00011316

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26159629" target="_blank" >https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26159629</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.06.005" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.06.005</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Dengue fever in Czech travellers: A 10-year retrospective study in a tertiary care centre

Original language description

Background: Dengue fever is a frequent cause of morbidity in travellers. The objective was to describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of dengue fever in Czech travellers. Method: This descriptive study includes patients with acute dengue fever diagnosed at Hospital Na Bulovce during 2004-2013. Data were collected and analysed retrospectively. Results: A total of 132 patients (83 males and 49 females) of median age 33 years (IQR 29-40) were included. Diagnosis was established by NS1 antigen detection in 87/107 cases (81.3%) and/or RT-PCR in 50/72 (69.4%) and by serology in 25 cases (18.9%). Dengue was acquired in South-East Asia in 69 cases (52.3%), followed by South Asia (48 cases; 36.3%), Latin America (14; 10.6%) and Sub-Saharan Africa (1; 0.8%). The most frequent symptoms included fever, rash and headache. Initial leukocyte and lymphocyte counts were lower in patients who presented in the early phase (0-4 days), however, platelet count was lower and AST, ALT and LDH activity higher in patients with a longer symptoms duration (>= 5 days). The clinical course was mostly uncomplicated. Conclusions: Dengue fever is becoming a frequent cause of fever in Czech travellers. Clinicians should be familiar with the typical clinical findings and novel diagnostic methods. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FN - Epidemiology, infection diseases and clinical immunology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/NT14072" target="_blank" >NT14072: Predictive immunological markers in patients with hepatitis C viral infection</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

TRAVEL MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

ISSN

1477-8939

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

32-38

UT code for WoS article

000370722500010

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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