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- Title
Chikungunya Virus Imported into French Polynesia, 2014.
- Authors
Tu-Xuan Nhan; Claverie, Aurore; Roche, Claudine; Teissier, Anita; Colleuil, Marc; Baudet, Jean-Marie; Cao-Lormeau, Van-Mai; Musso, Didier
- Abstract
The article discusses the case of a female patient in French Polynesia who acquired Chikungunya virus (CHICKV) infection from Guadeloupe. Topics discussed include signs and symptoms of the patient, phylogenetic analysis of the CHIKV strain, and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to confirm the virus. Also discussed are the transmission of CHICKV by Aedes species and the role of foreign travel on the spread of diseases.
- Subjects
CHIKUNGUNYA; CHIKUNGUNYA virus; VIRUS phylogeny; REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; TRAVEL hygiene
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014, Vol 20, Issue 10, p1773
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2010.141060