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Asiatic dengue was detected in nine tourists. In eight patients it was of the classical benign type, the ninth case being associated with severe thrombopenia (4 000/mm3), but without signs of shock. A brief summary is given of the physiopathology of the hemorrhagic forms of the disease: acquired sensitivity from a primary attack and reinfection with a heterologous virus; selection of virulent strains by an atypical vector; genetic recombination producing a strongly pathogenic virus.