Transcontinental movement of Asian genotype chikungunya virus.

Anne Marie Valadere,Robert S Lanciotti

doi:10.3201/eid2008.140268

Abstract

Transcontinental movement of Asian genotype chikungunya virus.

Highlights

To the Editor: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito–transmitted virus (family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus), was first isolated >60 years ago in Africa and is responsible for epidemics of acute polyarthralgia
To the Editor: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito–transmitted virus, was first isolated >60 years ago in Africa and is responsible for epidemics of acute polyarthralgia
In October 2013, the arbovirus diagnostic laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; Fort Collins, CO, USA) detected CHIKV in human serum specimens from Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia; the specimens were collected during an epidemic of disease clinically compatible with chikungunya fever

Summary

Introduction

To the Editor: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito–transmitted virus (family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus), was first isolated >60 years ago in Africa and is responsible for epidemics of acute polyarthralgia. On the basis of detailed clinical descriptions of the disease, chikungunya fever, it appears that CHIKV caused epidemics in the Caribbean (St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands) and the southeastern coastal United States during the early 19th century [1].

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