title: [Imported fever due to Chikungunya virus].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Imported diseases pose a diagnostic challenge for the physician, epidemiologists, and the local health care authorities, implying a risk for the community in some cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a patient with Chikungunya virus infection in Spain and describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of this condition.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Diagnosis was confirmed by specific tests in paired samples.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The vector for the disease (Aedes albopictus) now exists in Spain. There is a danger that local outbreaks may occur where there are patients with viremia in areas with a prevalence of the vector.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Regional Universitario Carlos Haya, Málaga, España. DoctorA.Martín@gmail.com
authors.forename: Adolfo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martín-Farfán
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calbo-Torrecillas
authors.forename: Iván
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pérez-de Pedro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002646:Chikungunya virus; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000821:virology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D013030:Spain; D014195:Travel