Cases of chikungunya virus infection in travellers returning to Spain from Haiti or Dominican Republic, April-June 2014.
Euro Surveill
; 19(28): 20853, 2014 Jul 17.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25060571
Ten cases of chikungunya were diagnosed in Spanish travellers returning from Haiti (n=2), the Dominican Republic (n=7) or from both countries (n=1) between April and June 2014. These cases remind clinicians to consider chikungunya in European travellers presenting with febrile illness and arthralgia, who are returning from the Caribbean region and Central America, particularly from Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The presence of Aedes albopictus together with viraemic patients could potentially lead to autochthonous transmission of chikungunya virus in southern Europe.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Viagem
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Vírus Chikungunya
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Infecções por Alphavirus
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Caribe ingles
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Dominica
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Europa
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Haiti
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Republica dominicana
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Euro Surveill
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha