Preliminary report of an autochthonous chikungunya outbreak in France, July to September 2017
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Preliminary report of an autochthonous chikungunya outbreak in France, July to September 2017
In August 2017, an autochthonous chikungunya case was reported in south-east France. By mid-September, eight additional autochthonous cases were found in the index case's neighbourhood, where the chikungunya virus vector Aedes albopictus was observed. Genomic characterisation identified an East-Central South African (ECSA) lineage strain, probably from the Central African region and carrying an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eurosurveillance
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1560-7917
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2017.22.39.17-00647