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- Title
Novel Chikungunya Virus Variant in Travelers Returning from Indian Ocean Islands.
- Authors
Parola, Philippe; De Lamballerie, Xavier; Jourdan, Jacques; Rovery, Clarisse; Vaillant, Véronique; Minodier, Philippe; Brouqui, Philippe; Flahault, Antoine; Raoult, Didier; Charrel, Rémi N.
- Abstract
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) emerged in Indian Ocean islands in 2005 and is causing an ongoing outbreak that involves >260,000 patients, including travelers returning home from these islands. We investigated cases in 4 patients returning from Mayotte and Reunion Islands with CHIKV infection and a nurse infected in metropolitan France after direct contact with the blood of a traveler. Four patients had tenosynovitis and pain at wrist pressure, and 1 had life-threatening manifestations. Four CHIKV strains were isolated, including 1 from the patient with the autochthonous case. The complete genomic sequence identified a new CHIKV variant emerging from the East/ central African evolutionary lineage. Aedes albopictus, the implicated vector of CHIKV in Indian Ocean islands, has dispersed worldwide in recent decades. High viral loads in patients returning from Indian Ocean islands to countries where Ae. albopictus is prevalent may be a source of epidemics.
- Subjects
ISLANDS of the Indian Ocean; FRANCE; VIRUSES; TRAVELERS; TENOSYNOVITIS; AEDES albopictus
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006, Vol 12, Issue 10, p1493
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3201/eid1210.060610