Chikungunya outbreak in Guangdong Province, China, 2010

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Mar;18(3):493-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1803.110034.

Abstract

A disease outbreak with dengue-like symptoms was reported in Guangdong Province, China, in October 2010. Testing results confirmed that the pathogen causing the outbreak was chikungunya virus. Phylogenic analysis indicated that this virus was a member of the Indian Ocean clade of the East/Center/South African subgroup of chikungunya virus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Alphavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Alphavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology
  • Chikungunya Fever
  • Chikungunya virus / genetics
  • Chikungunya virus / immunology
  • Chikungunya virus / isolation & purification*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • China / epidemiology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin M / immunology
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Viral Envelope Proteins / genetics
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Viral Envelope Proteins