Reemergence and Autochthonous Transmission of Dengue Virus, Eastern China, 2014

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Sep;21(9):1670-3. doi: 10.3201/eid2109.150622.

Abstract

In 2014, 20 dengue cases were reported in the cities of Wenzhou (5 cases) and Wuhan (15 cases), China, where dengue has rarely been reported. Dengue virus 1 was detected in 4 patients. Although most of these cases were likely imported, epidemiologic analysis provided evidence for autochthonous transmission.

Keywords: Aedes aegypti; Bangladesh; China; Dengue virus; Fujian; India; Sri Lanka; Surinam; Thailand; autochthonous transmission; evolution; mosquitoes; phylogeny; vector-borne infections; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aedes
  • Animals
  • Child
  • China / epidemiology
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / prevention & control
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / transmission
  • Dengue / epidemiology*
  • Dengue / prevention & control
  • Dengue / transmission
  • Dengue Virus / genetics
  • Dengue Virus / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / analysis
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • RNA, Viral