Imported Arbovirus Infections in Canada 1974-89
From 1974 to 1989, sera from symptomatic patients with histories of recent travel outside Canada were tested for antibodies to several arboviruses, principally of the alphavirus and flavivirus families. Diagnostic seroconversions were documented in 84 individuals from six provinces, including one al...
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| description | From 1974 to 1989, sera from symptomatic patients with histories of recent travel outside Canada were tested for antibodies to several arboviruses, principally of the alphavirus and flavivirus families. Diagnostic seroconversions were documented in 84 individuals from six provinces, including one alphavirus (Chikungunya) and 83 flavivirus seroconvertors. Dengue 1 virus was isolated from the blood of one patient. Most flavivirus seroconvertors were likely infected with dengue virus, but infections with tick-borne encephalitis, St Louis encephalitis and Powassan viruses were also recognized. Patients had histories of recent travel to the Caribbean, South America, Asia, Africa, North America (outside Canada), Tahiti, Fiji and Europe. Possible imported infections due to Japanese encephalitis, Ross River, western equine encephalitis and Colorado tick fever viruses were also encountered. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-68bc9765aa3a4b409b198120876263d02025-02-03T05:47:30ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321991-01-01239510010.1155/1991/678906Imported Arbovirus Infections in Canada 1974-89Harvey Artsob0Leslie Spence1National Arbovirus Reference Service, Department of Microbiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaNational Arbovirus Reference Service, Department of Microbiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaFrom 1974 to 1989, sera from symptomatic patients with histories of recent travel outside Canada were tested for antibodies to several arboviruses, principally of the alphavirus and flavivirus families. Diagnostic seroconversions were documented in 84 individuals from six provinces, including one alphavirus (Chikungunya) and 83 flavivirus seroconvertors. Dengue 1 virus was isolated from the blood of one patient. Most flavivirus seroconvertors were likely infected with dengue virus, but infections with tick-borne encephalitis, St Louis encephalitis and Powassan viruses were also recognized. Patients had histories of recent travel to the Caribbean, South America, Asia, Africa, North America (outside Canada), Tahiti, Fiji and Europe. Possible imported infections due to Japanese encephalitis, Ross River, western equine encephalitis and Colorado tick fever viruses were also encountered.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1991/678906 |
| spellingShingle | Harvey Artsob Leslie Spence Imported Arbovirus Infections in Canada 1974-89 Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
| title | Imported Arbovirus Infections in Canada 1974-89 |
| title_full | Imported Arbovirus Infections in Canada 1974-89 |
| title_fullStr | Imported Arbovirus Infections in Canada 1974-89 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Imported Arbovirus Infections in Canada 1974-89 |
| title_short | Imported Arbovirus Infections in Canada 1974-89 |
| title_sort | imported arbovirus infections in canada 1974 89 |
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