Fever screening at airports and imported dengue.(Dispatches)

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: March 1, 2005| Author: Chang, Shu-Fen; Chien, Li-Jung; Ho, Mei-Shang; Huang, Jyh-Hsiung; Kuo, Yu-Chung; Liao, Tsai-Ling; Lin, Ting-Hsiang; Shu, Pei-Yun; Su, Chien-Ling | Copyright information

Airport fever screening in Taiwan, July 2003-June 2004, identified 40 confirmed dengue cases. Results obtained by capture immunoglobulin (Ig) M and IgG enzyme-linked immunoassay, real time 1-step polymerase chain reaction, and virus isolation showed that 33 (82.5%) of 40 patients were viremic. Airport fever screening can thus quickly identify imported dengue cases.

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