TY - JOUR
T1 - Travel-associated chikungunya acquired in Myanmar in 2019
AU - Díaz-Menéndez, Marta
AU - Esteban, Elena Trigo
AU - Ujiie, Mugen
AU - Calleri, Guido
AU - Rothe, Camilla
AU - Malvy, Denis
AU - Nicastri, Emanuele
AU - Bissinger, Alfred L.
AU - Grandadam, Marc
AU - Alpern, Jonathan D.
AU - Gobbi, Federico
AU - Schlagenhauf, Patricia
AU - Duvignaud, Alexandre
AU - Javelle, Emilie
AU - Nakamoto, Takato
AU - Antinori, Spinello
AU - Hamer, Davidson H.
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - Eighteen cases of chikungunya virus infection in travellers returning from Myanmar were reported to the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, its subnetwork EuroTravNet and TropNet in 2019, reflecting an ongoing local outbreak. This report reinforces the importance of travellers as sentinels of emerging arboviral outbreaks and highlights the importance of vigilance for imported cases, due to the potential for dissemination of the virus into areas with competent local vectors and conducive environmental conditions.
AB - Eighteen cases of chikungunya virus infection in travellers returning from Myanmar were reported to the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, its subnetwork EuroTravNet and TropNet in 2019, reflecting an ongoing local outbreak. This report reinforces the importance of travellers as sentinels of emerging arboviral outbreaks and highlights the importance of vigilance for imported cases, due to the potential for dissemination of the virus into areas with competent local vectors and conducive environmental conditions.
KW - Chikungunya virus
KW - Outbreak
KW - surveillance
KW - travel medicine
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U2 - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.1.1900721
DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.1.1900721
M3 - Article
C2 - 31937394
AN - SCOPUS:85077843229
VL - 25
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Eurosurveillance
JF - Eurosurveillance
SN - 1560-7917
IS - 1
ER -