Chikungunya Fever Outbreak, Zhejiang Province, China, 2017

Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Aug;25(8):1589-1591. doi: 10.3201/eid2508.181212.

Abstract

We report a disease outbreak caused by chikungunya virus in Zhejiang Province, China, in August 2017. Phylogenic analysis indicated that this virus belonged to the Indian Ocean clade of the East/Central/South African genotype and was imported by a traveler returning from Bangladesh.

Keywords: China; chikungunya; chikungunya virus; outbreak; viruses.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bangladesh
  • Chikungunya Fever / epidemiology*
  • Chikungunya Fever / history
  • Chikungunya Fever / virology*
  • Chikungunya virus* / classification
  • Chikungunya virus* / genetics
  • China / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported / virology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Genome, Viral
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • Travel-Related Illness