Ongoing outbreak of dengue type 1 in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal: preliminary report

Author:

Sousa C A12,Clairouin M3,Seixas G2,Viveiros B3,Novo M T12,Silva A C3,Escoval M T4,Economopoulou A5

Affiliation:

1. Unidade de Parasitologia e Microbiologia Médicas, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

2. Unidade de Ensino e Investigação de Parasitologia Médica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

3. Departamento de Promoção e Proteção da Saúde, Instituto de Administração da Saúde e Assuntos Sociais, Autonomous Region Madeira, Portugal

4. Portuguese Haemovigilance System, Blood and Transplantation Portuguese Institute, Lisbon, Portugal

5. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

Following the identification of two autochthonous cases of dengue type 1 on 3 October 2012, an outbreak of dengue fever has been reported in Madeira, Portugal. As of 25 November, 1,891 cases have been detected on the island where the vector Aedes aegypti had been established in some areas since 2005. This event represents the first epidemic of dengue fever in Europe since 1928 and concerted control measures have been initiated by local health authorities.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

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