Arboviral and other illnesses in travellers returning from Brazil, June 2013 to May 2016: implications for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games
- Gautret, P.
- Mockenhaupt, F.
- Grobusch, M. P.
- Rothe, C.
- Sonnenburg, F. von
- van Genderen, P. J.
- Chappuis, F.
- Asgeirsson, H.
- Caumes, E.
- Bottieau, E.
- Malvy, D.
- Lopez-Vélez, R.
- Jensenius, M.
- Larsen, C. S.
- Castelli, F.
- Rapp, C.
- Field, V.
- Molina, I.
- Gkrania-Klotsas, E.
- Florescu, S.
- Lalloo, D.
- Schlagenhauf, P.
Publication date
January 2016
DOI Publisher
European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) Language
EnglishAbstract
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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