Reemergence of endemic Chikungunya, Malaysia.
Chikungunya virus infection recently reemerged in Malaysia after 7 years of nondetection. Genomic sequences of recovered isolates were highly similar to those of Malaysian isolates from the 1998 outbreak. The reemergence of the infection is not part of the epidemics in other Indian Ocean countries but raises the possibility that chikungunya virus is endemic in Malaysia.
AbuBakar
Sazaly
S
University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. sazaly@ummc.edu.my
Sam
I-Ching
IC
Wong
Pooi-Fong
PF
MatRahim
Noraziyah
N
Hooi
Poh-Sim
PS
Roslan
Nuruliza
N
D000328:Adult; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny