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Volume 5, Number 6—December 1999
Dispatch

Dengue Seroconversion among Israeli Travelers to Tropical Countries

Israel Potasman*†Comments to Author , Isaac Srugo*†, and Eli Schwartz‡
Author affiliations: *Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; †Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; ‡Center for Geographical Medicine, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

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Table

Dengue serologic results in seroconverting Israeli travelers to tropical countries

Serum number Length of stay (mos.) Season of travel Disease status Results
Age/sex Destination IgM IgG
4 52/F Africa 3 Summer Asymptomatic Negative 40
4aa Negative 640
10 22/F Southeast Asia 6 Spring-summer Symptomatic Negative Negative
10a +/- Pos.b 160
11 21/F Southeast Asia 4 Summer-autumn Symptomatic Negative 40
11a Positive 2,560
12 25/F Southeast Asia 3 Summer-autumn Symptomatic Negative Negative
12a Positive 160
13 26/M Southeast Asia 3 Summer-autumn Symptomatic Negative Negative
13a Positive 640
14 22/M South America 6 Summer-autumn Asymptomatic Negative 160
14a Negative 640
18 21/M Southeast Asia 12 Spring-summer Asymptomatic Negative Negative
18a Positive 160

aa = after-travel sample.
bThis test was marginally positive.

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