Infections imported from exotic countries

Česká verzia

Authors: J. Havlík
Authors place of work: I. Infekční klinika 2. LF UK, FN Na Bulovce, Praha ; Přednostka: doc. MUDr. Vilma Marešová, CSc. ; Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Published in the journal: Prakt. Lék. 2009; 89(3): 125-128
Category: Of different specialties

Summary

The increase in tourism that has been facilitated by air transport has led to a more frequent spread of tropical infections into countries with mild climates where such diseases were previously unknown. Patients suffering from the disease and/or asymptomatic animals are a source of the infection. Various species of mosquitoes are the most common vehicles of infection. They infect tourists in a tropical country and the disease breaks out after the tourist returns home. Sometimes mosquitoes are transported by aeroplane to distant countries where they cause an isolated infection or even small local epidemics. The most common imported infections are sporadic cases of malaria and dengue fever, however epidemics of chikungunya and West Nile fever have been registered recently in some countries at mild climate latitudes. Isolated tropical infections have also affected a few Czech tourists.

Key words:
chikungunya, dengue, West Nile fever.

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