Emergence of dengue fever: sentinel travellers uncover outbreak in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, May 2024

J Travel Med. 2024 Jul 7;31(5):taae080. doi: 10.1093/jtm/taae080.

Authors

Tommaso Manciulli¹, Lorenzo Zammarchi^{1

2}, Filippo Lagi³, Costanza Fiorelli², Jessica Mencarini³, Marco Fognani¹, Gian Maria Rossolini^{1

4}, Simona Pollini^{1

4}, Alessandro Bartoloni^{1

2}, Michele Spinicci^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.
² Regional Referral Center for Tropical Diseases, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
³ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.
⁴ Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, 50134 Florence, Italy.

PMID: 38857380
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taae080

No abstract available

Keywords: Aedes; Africa; Arboviroses; Europe; outbreak; surveillance; travel.

MeSH terms

Adult
Dengue Virus / isolation & purification
Dengue* / epidemiology
Disease Outbreaks*
Egypt / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Sentinel Surveillance
Travel*