Estimating the actual importation risk of dengue virus infection among Japanese travelers.

BACKGROUND:Frequent international travel facilitates the global spread of dengue fever. Japan has experienced an increasing number of imported case notifications of dengue virus (DENV) infection, mostly arising from Japanese travelers visiting South and Southeast Asian countries. This has led an aut...

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Main Authors: Baoyin Yuan, Hiroshi Nishiura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6010241?pdf=render