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| Title |
Dengue virus infection in a French traveller to the hilly region of Nepal in 2015: a case report
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| Published in |
Journal of Medical Case Reports, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13256-016-0847-1 |
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| Authors |
Birendra Prasad Gupta, Anurag Adhikari, Ramanuj Rauniyar, Roshan Kurmi, Bishnu Prasad Upadhya, Bimlesh Kumar Jha, Basudev Pandey, Krishna Das Manandhar |
| Abstract |
Dengue viral infections are known to pose a significant risk during travel to tropical regions, but it is surprising to find dengue transmission in the hilly region of Nepal, which is over 1800mtr above sea level. A 43-year-old Caucasian female traveler from France presented with fever and abdominal pain following a diarrheal illness while visiting the central hilly region of Nepal. Over the course of 9 days, she developed fever, body aches, and joint pain, with hemorrhagic manifestation. She was hospitalized in India and treated with supportive care, with daily monitoring of her platelets. An assessment by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay showed that she was positive for dengue non-structural protein 1. Upon her return to France, dengue virus was confirmed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. The district where this dengue case was reported is in the hilly region of Nepal, neighboring the capital city Kathmandu. To the best of our knowledge, there has previously been no dengue cases reported from the district. This study is important because it aims to establish a potential region of dengue virus circulation not only in the tropics, but also in the subtropics as well, which in Nepal may exceed elevations of 1800mtr. This recent case report has raised alarm among concerned health personnel, researchers, and organizations that this infectious disease is now on the way to becoming established in a temperate climate. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 64 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 16 | 24% |
| Researcher | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Unknown | 24 | 36% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 12% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Unknown | 27 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 March 2016.
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#4,185,991
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#328
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#7
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