Resurgence of chikungunya

• Main Authors: Townson, Harold, Nathan, M. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2008
• Subjects: WC 524 Arbovirus infections; WC 501 RNA virus infections (General or not elsewhere classified); QX 510 Mosquitoes; QX 525 Aedes; Indian; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/939/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B75GP-4RWJVYY-1/2/6c9b6aa8b9958f217a7d7dcee15ce1f0

Chikungunya, an arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, has recently increased dramatically in incidence and geographic extent. Large outbreaks have affected islands of the Indian Ocean, India and other parts of South and Southeast Asia, Africa and most recently Italy. International travellers have disseminated new strains of the virus, some into regions from which chikungunya has hitherto been absent. In parallel, over the past 30 years international trade has resulted in the spread of A. albopictus from its original range in Asia, to all continents but Antarctica, thereby extending the geographic area over which transmission can occur. (c) 2007 Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.