Chikungunya virus infection in travellers to Australia

被引：17

作者：

Johnson, Douglas F. ^{[1
]}

Druce, Julian D. ^{[2
]}

Chapman, Scott ^{[3
]}

Swaminathan, Ashwin ^{[1
]}

Wolf, Josh ^{[4
]}

Richards, Jack S. ^{[5
]}

Korman, Tony ^{[3
]}

Birch, Chris ^{[2
]}

Richards, Michael J. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Austin Hosp, Melbourne, Vic 3084, Australia

[2] Victorian Infect Dis Reference Lab, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

[3] Monash Med Ctr, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

[4] Royal Childrens Hosp, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

[5] Royal Melbourne Hosp, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

来源：

MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA | 2008年 / 188卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01504.x

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

We report eight recent cases of Chikungunya virus infection in travellers to Australia. Patients presented with fevers, rigors, headaches, arthralgia, and rash. The current Indian Ocean epidemic and Italian outbreak have featured prominently on Internet infectious disease bulletins, and Chikungunya virus infection had been anticipated in travellers from the outbreak areas. Diagnosis was by a generic alphavirus reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction with confirmatory sequencing. Prompt diagnosis of Chikungunya virus infections is of public health significance as the mosquito vectors for transmission exist in Australia. There is potential for this infection to spread in the largely naive Australian population.

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页数：3

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