Chikungunya infection: an emerging rheumatism among travelers returned from Indian Ocean islands. Report of 47 cases

F Simon, P Parola, M Grandadam, S Fourcade… - Medicine, 2007 - journals.lww.com
A large chikungunya virus (CHIKV) outbreak emerged in 2005-2006 in the Indian Ocean
islands, including Comoros, Mayotte, Mauritius, the Seychelles, and particularly in Reunion
Island where 35% of 770,000 inhabitants were infected in 6 months. More recently,
circulation of the virus has been documented in Madagascar and in India where CHIKV is
spreading rapidly. CHIKV-infected visitors have returned home to nonendemic regions from
these islands. We conducted a 14-month prospective observational study on the clinical …