Unidade de Ensino e Investigacao de Parasitologia Medica, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Euro Surveill. 2012 Dec 6;17(49):20333. doi: 10.2807/ese.17.49.20333-en.
Following the identification of two autochthonous cases of dengue type 1 on 3 October 2012, an outbreak of dengue fever has been reported in Madeira, Portugal. As of 25 November, 1,891 cases have been detected on the island where the vector Aedes aegypti had been established in some areas since 2005. This event represents the first epidemic of dengue fever in Europe since 1928 and concerted control measures have been initiated by local health authorities.
继 2012 年 10 月 3 日发现两例本地登革热 1 型病例后,葡萄牙马德拉群岛暴发登革热疫情。截至 11 月 25 日,该岛共发现 1891 例病例,自 2005 年以来,某些地区的埃及伊蚊已成为登革热的传播媒介。这是自 1928 年以来欧洲首次发生登革热疫情,当地卫生部门已启动协同控制措施。