Value of routine dengue diagnosis in endemic countries

Table 1 Randomly selected articles revealing dengue importation by travelers from endemic countries

Year	Import country	Source country	No. of cases	Age group	Serotype	Assay	Ref.
2010	France	Benin	1	40s	Unknown	IgG/IgM seology	Gautret et al[54]
2001-2009	Denmark	Southeast Asia, South Asia, Central America, Africa, Caribbean, South America	114	6-79	DENV 1, 2, 3 and 4	IgG/IgM serology, PCR	Vinner et al[55]
2010	Italy	Caribbean, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Thailand, Venezuela, Nicaragua-Honduras	17	16-63	DENV 1, 3	IgG/IgM immunofluorescence, PCR	Pierro et al[56]
2013	France	Guadeloupe	1	50s	DENV 2	PCR	Marchand etal[57]
2010	France, Sweden	Tanzania	5	41-69	DENV 3	PCR	Gautret et al[58]
2012	Germany, United Kingdom	Madeira	42	20-73	Unknown	Unknown	Frank et al[59]
2007-2009	Sweden	Thailand	100	Unknown	DENV 2	Unknown	Heddini et al[60]
2009	Italy	Senegal	1	40s	DENV 3	PCR	Nisii et al[61]
2012	Finland	Madeira	5	50-60	DENV 3	IgG/IgM, NS1 and PCR	Huhtamo et al[62]
2013	Germany	Japan	1	50s	Unknown	IgG/IgM, NS1 and PCR	Schmidt-Chanasit et al[63]
2010	Germany	Croatia	1	72	Unknown	IgG/IgM, NS1 and PCR	Schmidt-Chanasit et al[64]

DENV: Dengue virus; PCR: Polymerase chain reaction.