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Arboviruses as imported disease agents: the need for increased awareness

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The arboviruses are an important group of etiologic agents that are transported between geographic regions in infected animals and humans. This group of viruses is briefly reviewed as agents of imported disease and dengue viruses are discussed as an example to illustrate the trend of increasing incidence of imported arboviral diseases.

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  1. Dr. D. J. Gubler

    Present address: Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, P.O. Box 2087, Fort Collins, CO, 80522, USA

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  1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

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  1. Stiftung Juliusspital, Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    Tino F. Schwarz

  2. Institute for Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Gallen, Switzerland

    Günter Siegl

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Gubler, D.J. (1996). Arboviruses as imported disease agents: the need for increased awareness. In: Schwarz, T.F., Siegl, G. (eds) Imported Virus Infections. Archives of Virology Supplement II, vol 11. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7482-1_3

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