title: Cases of chikungunya virus infection in travellers returning to Spain from Haiti or Dominican Republic, April-June 2014.
abstract: Ten cases of chikungunya were diagnosed in Spanish travellers returning from Haiti (n=2), the Dominican Republic (n=7) or from both countries (n=1) between April and June 2014. These cases remind clinicians to consider chikungunya in European travellers presenting with febrile illness and arthralgia, who are returning from the Caribbean region and Central America, particularly from Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The presence of Aedes albopictus together with viraemic patients could potentially lead to autochthonous transmission of chikungunya virus in southern Europe.
authors: Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clinic-Universitat de Barcelona), Spain.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Requena-Méndez
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Garcia
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Aldasoro
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Vicente
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Martínez
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Pérez-Molina
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Calvo-Cano
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Franco
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Parrón
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Molina
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ruiz
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Álvarez
authors: M P
authors: MP
authors: Sánchez-Seco
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Gascón
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D065632:Chikungunya Fever; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004293:Dominican Republic; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006205:Haiti; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012367:RNA, Viral; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral