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  • Autochthonous Dengue Fever ...
    Vita, Serena; Bordi, Licia; Sberna, Giuseppe; Caputi, Priscilla; Lapa, Daniele; Corpolongo, Angela; Mija, Cosmina; D'Abramo, Alessandra; Maggi, Fabrizio; Vairo, Francesco; Specchiarello, Eliana; Girardi, Enrico; Lalle, Eleonora; Nicastri, Emanuele

    Emerging infectious diseases 30, Issue: 1
    Journal Article

    Since August 2023, outbreaks of dengue virus (DENV) infection have occurred in Italy. We report 2 autochthonous case-patients and their extended follow-up. Despite persistent DENV detected in blood by PCR, results for antigenomic DENV RNA were negative after day 5, suggesting that a 5-day isolation period is adequate to avoid secondary cases.