Chikungunya infection confirmed in a Belgian traveller returning from Phuket (Thailand).
Chikungunya infection has been increasingly reported in international travellers following its epidemic re-emergence in the Indian Ocean islands in 2006 and its spread to southern Asia thereafter. We describe the first case of chikungunya in a Belgian traveller returning from Phuket, Thailand and discuss the potential implications of chikungunya cases imported to European countries for patient management and public health.
Bottieau
E
E
Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium. abottieau@itg.be
Van Esbroeck
M
M
Cnops
L
L
Clerinx
J
J
Van Gompel
A
A
D000328:Adult; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D001530:Belgium; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013785:Thailand; D014195:Travel