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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Chikungunya resurgence in the Maldives and risk for importation via tourists to Europe in 2019–2020: A GeoSentinel case series
Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, Volume 36, Article 101814, Year 2020
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Background: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus mainly transmitted in tropical areas by Aedes spp. mosquitoes. It has been responsible for small-to-large outbreaks in temperate areas including southern Europe and North America. Past outbreaks in 2006 on the islands of Maldives, as well as on other islands in the Indian Ocean and in Southeast Asia, demonstrated for the first time the capacity of CHIKV to disseminate through travel and transcontinental commerce, and revealed the major socio-economic impact of CHIKV epidemics. Recently, CHIKV has been circulating in highly touristic areas including the Maldives, where 1736 cases were notified by the Health Protection Agency during 2019. Case series: Among EuroTravNet/GeoSentinel patient records, eight CHIKV-confirmed cases imported the Maldives to France, Germany, Denmark, Italy and Spain were identified between February 2019 and February 2020; exceeding the total number of CHIKV infections travel-acquired in Maldives reported to this surveillance network during the previous 10 years. Conclusions: The prevention and control of CHIKV introduction into naïve areas colonised by competent vectors is crucial. CHIKV outbreaks must be detected and reported in a timely manner. This must lead to adapted health information for international travellers and to prompt management of suspected imported cases. Conversely, travellers make for excellent sentinels and increased reports of imported cases might reflect a change in the level of endemicity or even herald an outbreak. Feedback to the local health authorities and matching this with local epidemiological surveillance data may lead to health benefits for the local population. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
Authors & Co-Authors
Gautret, Philippe
France, Marseille
Ihu Méditerranée Infection
France, Marseille
Ap-hm Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille
Larsen, Carsten Schade
Denmark, Aarhus
Aarhus Universitetshospital
Díaz-Menéndez, Marta
Spain, Madrid
Hospital Universitario la Paz
von Sonnenburg, Frank F.
Germany, Munich
Ludwig-maximilians-universität München
Gobbi, Federico Giovanni
Italy, Verona
Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria
Grobusch, Martín Peter
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Malvy, Denis Jean Marie
France, Talence
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux
Field, Vanessa K.
United Kingdom, London
University College London Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust
Ásgeirsson, Hilmir
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Hamer, Davidson Howes
United States, Boston
School of Public Health
United States, Boston
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Parola, Philippe
France, Marseille
Ihu Méditerranée Infection
France, Marseille
Ap-hm Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille
Javelle, Émilie
France, Marseille
Ihu Méditerranée Infection
France, Marseille
Ap-hm Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille
France, Marseille
Hia Laveran a Marseille
Statistics
Citations: 11
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 14
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.tmaid.2020.101814
ISSN:
14778939
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Case-Control Study