Two Cases of Dengue Fever Imported from Egypt to Russia, 2017.

Authors :: Saifullin MA
Laritchev VP
Grigorieva YE
Zvereva NN
Domkina AM
Saifullin RF
Bazarova MV
Akinshina YA
Karan LS
Butenko AM
Source :: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2018 Apr 17; Vol. 24 (4). Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Apr 17.
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Ahead of Print
Abstract: In 2017, two cases of dengue fever were imported from Hurghada, Egypt, where dengue fever was not considered endemic, to Moscow. These cases show how emergence of dengue fever in popular resort regions on the coast of the Red Sea can spread infection to countries where it is not endemic.