Increased risk of chikungunya infection in travellers to Thailand during ongoing outbreak in tourist areas: cases imported to Europe and the Middle East, early 2019

We report nine travellers with confirmed chikungunya virus infection, returning from tourist areas of Thailand to Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Romania, Israel and France, diagnosed in January and February 2019. These sentinel tourists support the intensification of chikungunya virus circ...

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Autores principales: Javelle, Emilie, Florescu, Simin-Aysel, Asgeirsson, Hilmir, Jmor, Shilan, Eperon, Gilles, Leshem, Eyal, Blum, Johannes, Molina, Israel, Field, Vanessa, Pietroski, Nancy, Eldin, Carole, Johnston, Victoria, Cotar, Ioana Ani, Popescu, Corneliu, Hamer, Davidson H, Gautret, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2019
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6415502/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30862335
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.10.1900146
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Sumario:We report nine travellers with confirmed chikungunya virus infection, returning from tourist areas of Thailand to Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Romania, Israel and France, diagnosed in January and February 2019. These sentinel tourists support the intensification of chikungunya virus circulation in Thailand and highlight the potential for importation to areas at risk of local transmission.

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