title: Sporadic cases of chikungunya, Réunion Island, August 2009.
abstract: On 28 August 2009, French authorities reported five cases of chikungunya fever on Reunion Island: three confirmed, one probable, and one suspected case under investigation. All three confirmed patients presented with an acute febrile syndrome, arthralgia, myalgia and cutaneaous rash. All live in the same area on the western side of the island.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Veille Sanitaire, Reunion, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: D'Ortenzio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grandadam
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Balleydier
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Dehecq
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jaffar-Bandjee
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michault
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Andriamandimby
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Reynes
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Filleul
mesh_terms: D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D009032:Mosquito Control; D017508:Reunion / Q000453:epidemiology