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Epidemiological and genomic features of chikungunya virus disease in travellers returning from Cuba, September 2025 to January 2026: a GeoSentinel analysis

M. Díaz‐Menéndez, C. Castilletti, Kevin O’Laughlin et al. · 2026 · Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin

During September 2025–January 2026, 111 travellers (61 female/50 male; median age: 53 years) who acquired chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Cuba were reported to GeoSentinel. Upon return, 64.2% (70/109) were potentially viraemic. Only 8.2% (9/98) had received pre-travel consultations. The CHIKV was of East-Central-South Africa genotype, closely related to Brazilian strains. International travellers can serve as arbovira…

picked 14 Aug 2026

Reference · Wikidata

Egypt, The Soudan and Central Africa. With Explorations from Khartoum on the White Nile to the Regions of the Equator Being Sketches from Sixteen Years' Travel

book published in 1861

picked 13 Aug 2026

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