Open AccessOutbreak of Chikungunya on Reunion Island: Early Clinical and Laboratory Features in 157 Adult Patients
Author(s) -
Giannandrea Borgherini,
P. Poubeau,
F. Staïkowsky,
M. Lory,
Nathalie Le Moullec,
J.Ph. Becquart,
C. Wengling,
Alain Michault,
Fabrice Paganin
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/517537
Subject(s) - outbreak , chikungunya , medicine , virology , chikungunya fever , environmental health
Chikungunya is a reemerging disease. In 2005-2006, a severe outbreak occurred on Reunion Island in the southwestern part of the Indian Ocean. Other islands in this area were affected during the same period.
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