Abstract
Chikungunya virus imported into French Polynesia, 2014.
Highlights
In the Pacific region in 2011, a Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) outbreak was reported in New Caledonia [3]
In the Caribbean region, cases of CHIKV infection were reported in the French part of Saint Martin Island in December 2013, after which CHIKV rapidly spread to other Caribbean islands, including Guadeloupe [2], where by the end of May 2014 it had caused an estimated 23,100 infections
On May 25, 2014, a healthy 60-year-old woman returned to French Polynesia after a 6-month stay with her husband’s family in Guadeloupe, where she had been in contact with family members who reportedly had chikungunya
Summary
In the Pacific region in 2011, a CHIKV outbreak was reported in New Caledonia [3]. Additional outbreaks have been reported in Papua New Guinea in June 2012 [4], Yap State in August 2013 [5], and in the Kingdom of Tonga in April 2014 [6]. To the Editor: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an emerging arthropodborne alphavirus of the family Togaviridae [1]. In the Pacific region in 2011, a CHIKV outbreak was reported in New Caledonia [3].
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