Autor(es): Furuichi Mieko, Makie Toshio, Honma Yasuko, Isoda Takayoshi, Miyake Satoru

Resumo: Fourteen patients were laboratory-confirmed cases of imported infectious diseases at the Narita Airport Quarantine Station in 2013. Blood tests were performed on 283 subjects suspected of having imported infectious diseases. Of these, 11 were diagnosed as having dengue fever (dengue) - 3 as having chikungunya fever (chikungunya) using real-time RT-PCR. The possible countries from which dengue virus infections were contracted were Thail-, Laos, Sri Lanka, - some other countries in Southeast Asia - South Asia. The 3 chikungunya cases were also diagnosed in individuals that returned from Southeast Asia. Most of the patients with dengue had a fever of over 38?. The other symptoms were generalized fatigue, dull headache, pain behind the eyes, arthralgia, - digestive symptoms. Four of the patients were unaware of any mosquito bites. The information obtained from the confirmed cases showed that it is important to consider both the destination to which individuals travelled - the clinical symptoms, regardless of whether the subjects were aware of mosquito bites. The detection rate of chikungunya at the Quarantine Station was higher than that of dengue in all reported cases in Japan.

Palavras-Chave: Dengue fever; Chikungunya fever; Thermography; Blood tests

Imprenta: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, v. 68, n. 2, p. 142-144, 2015

Identificador do objeto digital: 10.7883/yoken.JJID.2014.242

Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Cytopathology ; Chikungunya virus - Flaviviridae ; Chikungunya virus - Pathogenesis ; Chikungunya virus - RNA ; Chikungunya virus - Infectious diseases ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya virus - PCR detection ; Chikungunya virus - Real Time PCR ; Chikungunya virus - RT-PCR ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever ; Chikungunya virus - Dengue ; Chikungunya virus - Public health

Data de publicação: 2015