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. 2019 Mar;24(10):1900146.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.10.1900146.

Increased risk of chikungunya infection in travellers to Thailand during ongoing outbreak in tourist areas: cases imported to Europe and the Middle East, early 2019

Emilie Javelle  1   2   3 , Simin-Aysel Florescu  4 , Hilmir Asgeirsson  5   6 , Shilan Jmor  7 , Gilles Eperon  8 , Eyal Leshem  9 , Johannes Blum  10 , Israel Molina  11 , Vanessa Field  12   7 , Nancy Pietroski  13 , Carole Eldin  2 , Victoria Johnston  7 , Ioana Ani Cotar  14 , Corneliu Popescu  4 , Davidson H Hamer  15   16 , Philippe Gautret  2   3
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Increased risk of chikungunya infection in travellers to Thailand during ongoing outbreak in tourist areas: cases imported to Europe and the Middle East, early 2019

Emilie Javelle et al. Euro Surveill. 2019 Mar.

Abstract

We report nine travellers with confirmed chikungunya virus infection, returning from tourist areas of Thailand to Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Romania, Israel and France, diagnosed in January and February 2019. These sentinel tourists support the intensification of chikungunya virus circulation in Thailand and highlight the potential for importation to areas at risk of local transmission.

Keywords: Thailand; chikungunya; importation; outbreak; travellers.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Places of exposure visited by travellers before chikungunya virus infection, Thailand, January–February 2019 (n = 9)
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