Autochthonous dengue fever in Croatia, August–September 2010
Eurosurveillance·
- DOI
- 10.2807/ese.16.09.19805-en
- PMID
- 21392489
- PMCID
- —
- OpenAlex
- W7455383
- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The report documents the first apparent autochthonous dengue transmission in Croatia, demonstrating the value of cross-border case notification and the role of heightened clinical awareness combined with vector control in detecting and containing local arboviral transmission.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The report describes the investigation and public health response following identification of an autochthonous dengue case in Croatia, a country not previously known for local transmission.
Study design
This is a descriptive epidemiological field investigation and outbreak report triggered by case finding and enhanced surveillance; no comparative analytic design is described.
Population and setting
The setting is a local area in Croatia where autochthonous transmission was identified; the investigation also involved a dengue case diagnosed in Germany with travel history to Croatia.
Main findings
Following alerting of health professionals and the public, a second autochthonous dengue case was identified in the same area and 15 additional persons were found to have evidence of recent dengue infection. Mosquito control measures were introduced, and the source of virus introduction into Croatia remained unresolved.
Public-health relevance
The report documents the first apparent autochthonous dengue transmission in Croatia, demonstrating the value of cross-border case notification and the role of heightened clinical awareness combined with vector control in detecting and containing local arboviral transmission.
Important limitations
The source-scope limitation applies: this summary is limited to the supplied single-article abstract and bibliographic metadata and requires the original paper for decision-grade interpretation.
GIDS interpretation
Within the GIDS framework, this article is discoverable as an early descriptive report of autochthonous dengue in Croatia, useful for contextualising geographic emergence; no connection to a live surveillance signal is made here.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 5 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.