Preliminary report of an autochthonous chikungunya outbreak in France, July to September 2017
Eurosurveillance·
- DOI
- 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2017.22.39.17-00647
- PMID
- 29019313
- PMCID
- PMC5709952
- OpenAlex
- W2763668512
- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The report indicates that early case detection and response are needed to contain chikungunya transmission in Europe.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
The report describes an autochthonous chikungunya outbreak in south-east France and examines early detection, viral genomic characterisation, and implications for containment in Europe.
Study design
Preliminary report of a local outbreak investigation involving case detection and genomic characterisation of the circulating chikungunya virus strain.
Population and setting
The setting was a neighbourhood in south-east France where an index autochthonous case and eight additional cases were identified, and Aedes albopictus was observed.
Main findings
Nine autochthonous cases were reported overall: one in August 2017 and eight additional cases by mid-September. The virus was characterised as an East-Central South African lineage strain, probably originating from the Central African region and carrying a mutation described as facilitating transmission by Aedes albopictus.
Public-health relevance
The report indicates that early case detection and response are needed to contain chikungunya transmission in Europe.
Important limitations
The supplied evidence is a preliminary report based on a single article’s abstract and metadata. The abstract does not provide a detailed case-finding method, complete outbreak size or duration, or analytical estimates needed for decision-grade interpretation; the original paper is required for those details.
GIDS interpretation
For discoverability, this article is indexed as an outbreak investigation concerning chikungunya in France, with metadata linking it to transmission-dynamics and mosquito-vector topics. The supplied abstract describes a historical outbreak report and does not establish or update a live surveillance signal.
Related GIDS surveillance
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Evidence relationships
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