Arboviral and other illnesses in travellers returning from Brazil, June 2013 to May 2016: implications for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games

  • Philippe Gautret
  • Frank Mockenhaupt
  • Martin P Grobusch
  • Camilla Rothe
  • Frank von Sonnenburg
  • Perry J van Genderen
  • Francois Chappuis
  • Hilmir Asgeirsson
  • Eric Caumes
  • Emmanuel Bottieau
  • Denis Malvy
  • Rogelio Lopez-Vélez
  • Mogens Jensenius
  • Carsten Schade Larsen
  • Francesco Castelli
  • Christophe Rapp
  • Vanessa Field
  • Israel Molina
  • Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas
  • Simin Florescu
  • David Lalloo
  • Patricia Schlagenhauf

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Abstract

We evaluated EuroTravNet (a GeoSentinel subnetwork) data from June 2013 to May 2016 on 508 ill travellers returning from Brazil, to inform a risk analysis for Europeans visiting the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brazil. Few dengue fever cases (n = 3) and no cases of chikungunya were documented during the 2013-15 Brazilian winter months, August and September, the period when the Games will be held. The main diagnoses were dermatological (37%), gastrointestinal (30%), febrile systemic illness (29%) and respiratory (11%).

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
ISSN1025-496X
DOIs
StatusVeröffentlicht - 07.07.2016
PubMed 27416907