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Javelle E, Florescu SA, Asgeirsson H, Jmor S, Eperon G, Leshem E, Blum J, Molina I, Field V, Pietroski N, Eldin C, Johnston V, Cotar IA, Popescu C, Hamer DH, Gautret P. 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. Euro Surveill 2019; 24:1900146. [PMID: 30862335 PMCID: PMC6415502 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2019.24.10.1900146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
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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Affiliation(s)
- Emilie Javelle
- Laveran Military Teaching Hospital, Marseille, France
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
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- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinical Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases 'Dr. Victor Babes', Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Unit of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom
| | - Gilles Eperon
- Division of Tropical and Humanitarian Medicine, Department of Primary Care, Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), Geneva, Switzerland
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- The Center for Travel and Tropical Medicine, Sheba Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
| | - Johannes Blum
- FMH Innere Medizin und Tropen- und Reisemedizin, Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health Institut, Basel, Switzerland
| | - Israel Molina
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, PROSICS Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Chair of the Tracking and Communications Working Group, GeoSentinel, London, United Kingdom
- Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom
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- International Society of Travel Medicine, Dunwoody, United States
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- 'Cantacuzino' National Medico-Military Institute for Research and Development, Bucharest, Romania
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- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clinical Hospital of Infectious and Tropical Diseases 'Dr. Victor Babes', Bucharest, Romania
| | - Davidson H Hamer
- Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, United States
- Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, United States
| | - Philippe Gautret
- IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France
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