Chikungunya outbreak in Montpellier, France, September to October 2014.
Euro Surveill
; 20(17)2015 Apr 30.
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ABSTRACT
In October 2014, an outbreak of 12 autochthonous chikungunya cases, 11 confirmed and 1 probable, was detected in a district of Montpellier, a town in the south of France colonised by the vector Aedes albopictus since 2010. A case returning from Cameroon living in the affected district was identified as the primary case. The epidemiological investigations and the repeated vector control treatments performed in the area and around places frequented by cases helped to contain the outbreak. In 2014, the chikungunya and dengue surveillance system in mainland France was challenged by numerous imported cases due to the chikungunya epidemic ongoing in the Caribbean Islands. This first significant outbreak of chikungunya in Europe since the 2007 Italian epidemic, however, was due to an East Central South African (ECSA) strain, imported by a traveller returning from West Africa. Important lessons were learned from this episode, which reminds us that the threat of a chikungunya epidemic in southern Europe is real.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Viaje
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Virus Chikungunya
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Brotes de Enfermedades
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Fiebre Chikungunya
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
País como asunto:
Africa
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article