Sporadic cases of chikungunya, Réunion Island, August 2009.

E. d'Ortenzio (1) , M. Grandadam (2) , E. Balleydier (1) , J. S. Dehecq (3) , M. C. Jaffar-Bandjee (4) , A. Michault (5) , S. F. Andriamandimby (6) , Jean-Marc Reynes (6) , L. Filleul (1)

1 INVS - Institut de Veille Sanitaire
2 Centre national de Référence et Centre Collaborateur de l'OMS Arbovirus (CNR-CCOMS)
3 DRASS - Direction Régionale de l’Action Sanitaire et Sociale
4 Centre hospitalier Félix-Guyon [Saint-Denis, La Réunion]
5 Service de bactériologie, parasitologie, virologie et hygiène hospitalière [La réunion]
6 IPM - Unité de Virologie [Antananarivo, Madagascar]

On 28 August 2009, French authorities reported five cases of chikungunya fever on Reunion Island: three confirmed, one probable, and one suspected case under investigation. All three confirmed patients presented with an acute febrile syndrome, arthralgia, myalgia and cutaneaous rash. All live in the same area on the western side of the island.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology

E. d'Ortenzio, M. Grandadam, E. Balleydier, J. S. Dehecq, M. C. Jaffar-Bandjee, et al.. Sporadic cases of chikungunya, Réunion Island, August 2009.. Eurosurveillance, 2009, 14 (35), pp.19324. ⟨10.2807/ese.14.35.19324-en⟩. ⟨pasteur-00595486⟩