Chikungunya fever, Mauritius, 2006 [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-338

  Beesoon, Sanjay ^a   Funkhouser, Ellen ^b   Kotea, Navaratnam ^a   Spielman, Andrew ^b   Robich, Rebecca M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTHRALGIA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAURITIUS; MORTALITY; MYALGIA; RASH; TOGAVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER;

EID: 38949092514     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1402.071024     Document Type: Letter

References (10)

1. Issack M. Chikungunya-Mauritius and Reunion Island (07). ProMed. February 4, 2006 [cited 2007 Nov 13]. Available from http://www.promedmail.org, archive no. 20060204.0358.
2. Dowling MA. Control of malaria in Mauritius; eradication of Anopheles funestus and Aedes aegypti. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1953;47:177-98.
3. Gopaul AR. The common man-biting mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Mauritius. The Mauritius Institute Bulletin. 2003;11:9-19.
4. Lumsden WH. An epidemic of virus disease in Southern Province, Tanganyika Territory, in 1952-53. II. General description and epidemiology. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1955;49:33-57.
5. Robinson MC. An epidemic of virus disease in Southern Province, Tanganyika Territory, in 1952-53. I. Clinical features. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1955;49:28-32.
6. Flahault M. Chikungunya-Indian Ocean Update (32). ProMed. October 14, 2006 [cited 2007 Nov 20]. Available from http://www.promedmail.org, archive no. 20061014.2953.
7. Mavalankar D, Shastri P, Raman P. Chikungunya epidemic in India: a major public-health disaster. Lancet Infect Dis. 2007;7:306-7.
8. Republic of Mauritius Central Statistics Office. Population and vital statistics. 2007. [cited 2007 Nov 13]. Available from http://www.gov.mu/portal/ site/cso
9. Oral answers to questions. Rodrigues-chikungunya cases (No. B/582). 2006. [cited 2007 Nov 13]. Available from www.gov.mu/portal/goc/assemblysite/file/ orans-23may06.pdf
10. Josseran L, Paquet C, Zehgnoun A, Caillere N, Le Tertre A, Solet J, et al. Chikungunya disease outbreak, Reunion Island. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006;12:1994-5.