Preliminary report of an autochthonous chikungunya outbreak in France, July to September 2017

In August 2017, an autochthonous chikungunya case was reported in south-east France. By mid-September, eight additional autochthonous cases were found in the index case’s neighbourhood, where the chikungunya virus vector Aedes albopictus was observed. Genomic characterisation identified an East-Cent...

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Autores principales: Calba, Clémentine, Guerbois-Galla, Mathilde, Franke, Florian, Jeannin, Charles, Auzet-Caillaud, Michelle, Grard, Gilda, Pigaglio, Lucette, Decoppet, Anne, Weicherding, Joel, Savaill, Marie-Christine, Munoz-Riviero, Manuel, Chaud, Pascal, Cadiou, Bernard, Ramalli, Lauriane, Fournier, Pierre, Noël, Harold, De Lamballerie, Xavier, Paty, Marie-Claire, Leparc-Goffart, Isabelle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2017
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5709952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29019313
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.39.17-00647
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Sumario:In August 2017, an autochthonous chikungunya case was reported in south-east France. By mid-September, eight additional autochthonous cases were found in the index case’s neighbourhood, where the chikungunya virus vector Aedes albopictus was observed. Genomic characterisation identified an East-Central South African (ECSA) lineage strain, probably from the Central African region and carrying an adaptive mutation facilitating transmission by Ae. albopictus. The event confirms we need early case detection and response to contain chikungunya in Europe.

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