Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2024)

Autochthonous Dengue Fever in 2 Patients, Rome, Italy

  • Serena Vita,
  • Licia Bordi,
  • Giuseppe Sberna,
  • Priscilla Caputi,
  • Daniele Lapa,
  • Angela Corpolongo,
  • Cosmina Mija,
  • Alessandra D’Abramo,
  • Fabrizio Maggi,
  • Francesco Vairo,
  • Eliana Specchiarello,
  • Enrico Girardi,
  • Eleonora Lalle,
  • Emanuele Nicastri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3001.231508
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 30, no. 1
pp. 183 – 184

Abstract

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Since August 2023, outbreaks of dengue virus (DENV) infection have occurred in Italy. We report 2 autochthonous case-patients and their extended follow-up. Despite persistent DENV detected in blood by PCR, results for antigenomic DENV RNA were negative after day 5, suggesting that a 5-day isolation period is adequate to avoid secondary cases.

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