Open AccessImported cases of chikungunya in metropolitan France, April 2005 - February 2006
Author(s) -
Hugues Cordel,
I. Quatresous,
Christophe Pascal,
Élisabeth Couturier
Publication year - 2006
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.11.16.02944-en
Subject(s) - chikungunya , metropolitan area , geography , chikungunya fever , indian ocean , socioeconomics , outbreak , virology , medicine , oceanography , archaeology , geology , sociology
By 9 April 2006, 241 000 cases of chikungunya had been reported on the island of Reunion, and 5339 cases on the island of Mayotte. The islands of Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar, and Comoros are also affected