Mahidol University; National Science & Technology Development Agency - Thailand; National Center Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (BIOTEC); Mahidol University; Mahidol University
Type
Review
Source Title
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN
1201-9712
Year
2011
Volume
15
Open Access
gold
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI
10.1016/j.ijid.2011.06.002
Format
PDF
Abstract
In the last few years, chikungunya has become a major problem in Southeast Asia, with large numbers of cases being reported in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Much of the current epidemic of chikungunya in Southeast Asia is being driven by the emergence of a strain of chikungunya virus that originated in Africa and spread to islands in the Indian Ocean, as well as to India and Sri Lanka, and then onwards to Southeast Asia. There is currently no specific treatment for chikungunya and no vaccine is available for this disease. This review seeks to provide a short update on the reemergence of chikungunya in Southeast Asia and the prospects for control of this disease. (C) 2011 International Society for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Office of the Higher Education Commission; Mahidol University under the National Research Universities Initiative; Thailand Research Fund; National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency; Mahidol University
