Three cases of dengue 1 virus infection from islands in the Gulf of Thailand

Authors

  • E Geoffrey Playford Department of Microbiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Missenden Rd, Camperdown, New South Wales 2050; Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Sexual Health, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Queensland
  • Debra Phillips WHO Collaborating Centre for Arbovirus Reference and Research, Coopers Plains, Queensland
  • David F M Looke Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Sexual Health, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Queensland
  • Michael Whitby Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Sexual Health, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Queensland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1998.22.21

Keywords:

dengue 1 virus, travellers, Gulf of Thailand, case study

Abstract

Three Australian tourists who recently travelled to islands in the Gulf of Thailand developed febrile illnesses associated with myalgias, thrombocytopenia, and atypical lymphocytosis. Dengue 1 virus was isolated from all three patients. The patients' clinical features and serological and virological investigations are presented. These cases highlight the need for awareness of dengue amongst travellers and the preventive precautions required when visiting endemic regions. After the urgent exclusion of malaria, dengue should be considered in the the differential diagnosis of febrile persons who have recently returned from endemic regions. Commun Dis Intell 1998;22:107-109.

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11/06/98

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Playford, E Geoffrey, Debra Phillips, David F M Looke, and Michael Whitby. 1998. “Three Cases of Dengue 1 Virus Infection from Islands in the Gulf of Thailand”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 22 (June):107-9. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1998.22.21.

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Vol. 22 (1998)

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