Travelers With Chikungunya Virus Infection Returning to Northwest Italy From the Caribbean and Central America During June-November 2014
| Autor: | Pietro Caramello, Alex Proietti, Giuseppina Sergi, T. Ruggiero, Valeria Ghisetti, Guido Calleri, Ilaria Torta, Donatella Tiberti, Maria Grazia Milia, Elisa Burdino |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Latin Americans
medicine.disease_cause Disease Outbreaks Aedes Risk Factors medicine Animals Humans Chikungunya River valley Travel Tropical Climate business.industry virus diseases Outbreak General Medicine Virology Insect Vectors Latin America Caribbean Region Italy Vector (epidemiology) Chikungunya Virus Infection Chikungunya Fever Seasons business Chikungunya virus |
| Zdroj: | Journal of travel medicine. 22(5) |
| ISSN: | 1708-8305 |
| Popis: | Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has recently emerged in the Caribbean. In Italy, CHIKV vector is documented in the Po river valley; therefore, a risk for autochthonous outbreaks is present. We report a case series of seven imported CHIKV infections in travelers returning from the Caribbean and Latin America occurring between June and November 2014, in the area of Turin, Northwest Italy, 3 years after the last imported cases were reported. These cases are a reminder of the need to always consider CHIKV infection in travelers from these epidemic areas as well as the importance of a prompt diagnosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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