Dengue outbreak amongst travellers returning from Cuba-GeoSentinel surveillance network, January-September 2022

Marta Díaz-Menéndez, Kristina M Angelo, Rosa Miguel Buckley, Emmanuel Bottieau, Ralph Huits, Martin P Grobusch, Federico Giovanni Gobbi, Hilmir Asgeirsson, Alexandre Duvignaud, Francesca F Norman, Emilie Javelle, Loïc Epelboin, Camilla Rothe, Francois Chappuis, Gabriela Equihua Martinez, Corneliu Popescu, Daniel Camprubí-Ferrer, Israel Molina, Silvia Odolini, Sapha BarkatiSusan Kuhn, Stephen Vaughan, Anne McCarthy, Mar Lago, Michael D Libman, Davidson H Hamer

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Abstract

Increasing numbers of travellers returning from Cuba with dengue virus infection were reported to the GeoSentinel Network from June to September 2022, reflecting an ongoing local outbreak. This report demonstrates the importance of travellers as sentinels of arboviral outbreaks and highlights the need for early identification of travel-related dengue.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbertaac139
JournalJournal of Travel Medicine
Volume30
Issue number2
Early online date27 Dec 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2023

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