Chikungunya in Southeast Asia: understanding the emergence and finding solutions | Zendy

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Chikungunya in Southeast Asia: understanding the emergence and finding solutions

Author(s) -

Rojjanaporn Pulmanausahakul,

Sittiruk Roytrakul,

Prasert Auewarakul,

Duncan R. Smith

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.06.002

Subject(s) - chikungunya , southeast asia , sri lanka , geography , chikungunya fever , south asia , socioeconomics , outbreak , virology , ancient history , biology , history , tanzania , environmental planning , sociology

In the last few years, chikungunya has become a major problem in Southeast Asia, with large numbers of cases being reported in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Much of the current epidemic of chikungunya in Southeast Asia is being driven by the emergence of a strain of chikungunya virus that originated in Africa and spread to islands in the Indian Ocean, as well as to India and Sri Lanka, and then onwards to Southeast Asia. There is currently no specific treatment for chikungunya and no vaccine is available for this disease. This review seeks to provide a short update on the reemergence of chikungunya in Southeast Asia and the prospects for control of this disease.

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