Chikungunya: an emerging and spreading arthropod-borne viral disease

The virus causing Chikungunya disease was identified over 50 years ago; however, because the disease appeared only in developing countries, little research on it has been done. Research interest in the disease increased after an important epidemiological outbreak occurred in 2005 on the French metro...

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Published in:Journal of infection in developing countries 2009-12, Vol.3 (10), p.744-752
Main Authors: Cavrini, Francesca, Gaibani, Paolo, Pierro, Anna Maria, Rossini, Giada, Landini, Maria Paola, Sambri, Vittorio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aedes - virology
Alphavirus Infections - epidemiology
Alphavirus Infections - transmission
Alphavirus Infections - virology
Animals
Chikungunya virus
Chikungunya virus - physiology
Disease Outbreaks
Epidemiology
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Humans
Insect Vectors - virology
Italy - epidemiology
Reunion - epidemiology
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Summary:The virus causing Chikungunya disease was identified over 50 years ago; however, because the disease appeared only in developing countries, little research on it has been done. Research interest in the disease increased after an important epidemiological outbreak occurred in 2005 on the French metropolitan island of La Reunion located in the south-eastern part of the Indian Ocean. In 2007, a smaller outbreak of Chikungunya developed in the north-eastern part of Italy made possible by immigration of a viremic patient from the Indian Ocean area and the enormous population of Aedes albopictus in Italy. Currently, Chikungunya is spreading in Southeast Asian aspects, clinical pictures, diagnosis and treatment of the disease caused by Chikungunya virus.
ISSN:1972-2680
2036-6590
1972-2680
DOI:10.3855/jidc.169