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Preparedness for Threat of Chikungunya in the Pacific
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) caused significant outbreaks of illness during 2005–2007 in the Indian Ocean region. Chikungunya outbreaks have also occurred in the Pacific region, including in Papua New Guinea in 2012; New Caledonia in April 2013; and Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, in August...
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author | Roth, Adam Hoy, Damian Horwood, Paul F. Ropa, Berry Hancock, Thane Guillaumot, Laurent Rickart, Keith Frison, Pascal Pavlin, Boris Souares, Yvan |
author_facet | Roth, Adam Hoy, Damian Horwood, Paul F. Ropa, Berry Hancock, Thane Guillaumot, Laurent Rickart, Keith Frison, Pascal Pavlin, Boris Souares, Yvan |
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description | Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) caused significant outbreaks of illness during 2005–2007 in the Indian Ocean region. Chikungunya outbreaks have also occurred in the Pacific region, including in Papua New Guinea in 2012; New Caledonia in April 2013; and Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, in August 2013. CHIKV is a threat in the Pacific, and the risk for further spread is high, given several similarities between the Pacific and Indian Ocean chikungunya outbreaks. Island health care systems have difficulties coping with high caseloads, which highlights the need for early multidisciplinary preparedness. The Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network has developed several strategies focusing on surveillance, case management, vector control, laboratory confirmation, and communication. The management of this CHIKV threat will likely have broad implications for global public health. |
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spelling | pubmed-41111602014-08-05 Preparedness for Threat of Chikungunya in the Pacific Roth, Adam Hoy, Damian Horwood, Paul F. Ropa, Berry Hancock, Thane Guillaumot, Laurent Rickart, Keith Frison, Pascal Pavlin, Boris Souares, Yvan Emerg Infect Dis Online Report Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) caused significant outbreaks of illness during 2005–2007 in the Indian Ocean region. Chikungunya outbreaks have also occurred in the Pacific region, including in Papua New Guinea in 2012; New Caledonia in April 2013; and Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, in August 2013. CHIKV is a threat in the Pacific, and the risk for further spread is high, given several similarities between the Pacific and Indian Ocean chikungunya outbreaks. Island health care systems have difficulties coping with high caseloads, which highlights the need for early multidisciplinary preparedness. The Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network has developed several strategies focusing on surveillance, case management, vector control, laboratory confirmation, and communication. The management of this CHIKV threat will likely have broad implications for global public health. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4111160/ /pubmed/25062306 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2008.130696 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Online Report Roth, Adam Hoy, Damian Horwood, Paul F. Ropa, Berry Hancock, Thane Guillaumot, Laurent Rickart, Keith Frison, Pascal Pavlin, Boris Souares, Yvan Preparedness for Threat of Chikungunya in the Pacific |
title | Preparedness for Threat of Chikungunya in the Pacific |
title_full | Preparedness for Threat of Chikungunya in the Pacific |
title_fullStr | Preparedness for Threat of Chikungunya in the Pacific |
title_full_unstemmed | Preparedness for Threat of Chikungunya in the Pacific |
title_short | Preparedness for Threat of Chikungunya in the Pacific |
title_sort | preparedness for threat of chikungunya in the pacific |
topic | Online Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111160/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25062306 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2008.130696 |
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