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Probable dengue virus infection among Italian troops,East Timor, 1999-2000 |
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| Authors: | Peragallo Mario Stefano,Nicoletti Loredana,Lista Florigio,D'Amelio Raffaele East Timor Dengue Study Group |
| Affiliation: | Centro Studi e Ricerche Sanità e Veterinaria Esercito, Rome, Italy. |
| Abstract: | To investigate the attack rate and risk factors for probable dengue fever, a cross-sectional study was conducted of an Italian military unit after its deployment to East Timor. Probable dengue was contracted by 16 (6.6%) of 241 army troops and caused half of all medical evacuations (12/24); no cases were detected among navy and air force personnel. |
| Keywords: | dengue East Timor military medicine travel medicine dispatch |
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