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ArticleTropical medicine and infectious disease2018

Clinical Features and Laboratory Findings of Travelers Returning to South Australia with Dengue Virus Infection.

Emma J Quinn, Allena H-C Cheong, Julie K Calvert, Geoffrey Higgins, Trish Hahesy, David L Gordon, Jillian M Carr

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Article in Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Emma J QuinnMicrobiology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5042, Australia. emma.quinn@flinders.edu.au.
Allena H-C CheongMicrobiology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5042, Australia. ejquinn377@gmail.com.
Julie K CalvertMicrobiology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5042, Australia. Julie.calvert@flinders.edu.au.
Geoffrey HigginsInfectious Diseases Laboratories SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. geoffrey.higgins@sa.gov.au.
Trish HahesyInfectious Diseases Laboratories SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia. trish.hahesy@sa.gov.au.
David L GordonMicrobiology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5042, Australia. d.gordon@flinders.edu.au.
Jillian M CarrMicrobiology and Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5042, Australia. jill.carr@flinders.edu.au.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reported cases of dengue are rising in South Australia (SA) in travellers returning from dengue-endemic regions. We have undertaken a retrospective analysis to identify the clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients returning to SA with suspected dengue virus (DENV) infection. From 488 requests, 49 (10%) were defined by serology as acute dengue, with the majority of patients (75%) testing as non-structural protein 1 (NS1) and/or IgM positive. Dengue was most commonly acquired in Indonesia (42.9%) with clinical features of fever (95%), headache (41%) and myalgia/arthralgia (56%). The presence of rash (36%) and laboratory findings of neutropenia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, but not elevated C-reactive protein, were distinct from findings in DENV-seronegative patients. Available dengue seropositive samples were analysed by RT-PCR, with 14/32 (43.8%) positive by a serotype non-specific DENV assay, but 28/32 positive (87.5%) when also assessed by serotype-specific RT-PCR. Serotype analysis revealed the predominance of DENV-1 and DENV-2 and the presence of DENV-3, but not DENV-4 or Zika virus (ZIKV). Thus, dengue in returned travellers in SA presents in a manner consistent with World Health Organization (WHO) definitions, with symptoms, travel history and laboratory results useful in prioritising the likelihood of dengue. This definition will assist the future management in DENV-non-endemic regions, such as SA.

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dengue RT-PCRdengue serologydengue virusreturned traveller

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PMCPMC6136603

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