Travel-associated chikungunya acquired in Myanmar in 2019

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...

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Autores principales: Díaz-Menéndez, Marta, Esteban, Elena Trigo, Ujiie, Mugen, Calleri, Guido, Rothe, Camilla, Malvy, Denis, Nicastri, Emanuele, Bissinger, Alfred L, Grandadam, Marc, Alpern, Jonathan D, Gobbi, Federico, Schlagenhauf, Patricia, Duvignaud, Alexandre, Javelle, Emilie, Nakamoto, Takato, Antinori, Spinello, Hamer, Davidson H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2020
Materias:
Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6961262/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31937394
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.1.1900721
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Sumario: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.

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