Chikungunya Fever in Traveler from Angola to Japan, 2016

Chikungunya Fever in Traveler from Angola to Japan, 2016

Simultaneous circulation of multiple arboviruses presents diagnostic challenges. In May 2016, chikungunya fever was diagnosed in a traveler from Angola to Japan. Travel history, incubation period, and phylogenetic analysis indicated probable infection acquisition in Angola, where a yellow fever outb...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2017-01, Vol.23 (1), p.156-158
Hauptverfasser: Takaya, Saho, Kutsuna, Satoshi, Nakayama, Eri, Taniguchi, Satoshi, Tajima, Shigeru, Katanami, Yuichi, Yamamoto, Kei, Takeshita, Nozomi, Hayakawa, Kayoko, Kato, Yasuyuki, Kanagawa, Shuzo, Ohmagari, Norio
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Africa
Analysis
Angola
arboviruses
Chikungunya fever
Chikungunya Fever - diagnosis
Chikungunya Fever - transmission
Chikungunya Fever - virology
Chikungunya Fever in Traveler from Angola to Japan, 2016
Chikungunya virus - classification
Chikungunya virus - genetics
Chikungunya virus - isolation & purification
Female
Gene Expression
Health aspects
Humans
Japan
Letter
Letters to the Editor
Phylogeny
Public health
Travel
Travelers
Viral Envelope Proteins - genetics
viruses
Yellow fever
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Simultaneous circulation of multiple arboviruses presents diagnostic challenges. In May 2016, chikungunya fever was diagnosed in a traveler from Angola to Japan. Travel history, incubation period, and phylogenetic analysis indicated probable infection acquisition in Angola, where a yellow fever outbreak is ongoing. Thus, local transmission of chikungunya virus probably also occurs in Angola.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2301.161395