Ira Gjenero-Margan1, Borislav Aleraj2, D. Krajcar3, Vladimira Lesnikar3, Ana Klobučar3, Iva Pem-Novosel2, Sanja Kurečić-Filipović2, S Komparak4, R Martić4, S Đuričić5, Ljiljana Betica–Radić5, J Okmadžić6, Tatjana Vilibić‐Čavlek2, Andrea Babić‐Erceg2, Branko Turković2, Tatjana Avšič‐Županc7, Ivan Radić2, Miljenko Ljubic8, K Šarac2, Nikola Benić3, Gordana Mlinarić‐Galinović2
2Croatian National Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
3Public Health Institute of the City of Zagreb 'Dr. A. Štampar', Zagreb, Croatia
4Dubrovnik–Neretva County Public Health Institute, field unit Korčula/Pelješac, Korčula, Croatia
5Dubrovnik County Hospital, Infectology ward, Dubrovnik, Croatia
6Primary Health Care Unit Orebić, Orebić, Croatia
7Institute for Microbiology and Immunology, Medical Faculty Ljubljana, Slovenia
8Public Health Institute of Dubrovnik Neretva County, Epidemiology service, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Tóm tắt
After information about a dengue case in Germany acquired in Croatia, health professionals and the public in Croatia were alerted to assess the situation and to enhance mosquito control, resulting in the diagnosis of a second case of autochthonous dengue fever in the same area and the detection of 15 persons with evidence of recent dengue infection. Mosquito control measures were introduced. The circumstances of dengue virus introduction to Croatia remain unresolved.
