Notice to Public Health Officials and Clinicians: Recognizing, Managing, and Reporting Chikungunya Virus Infections in Travelers Returning from the Caribbean [December 13, 2013, 1400:00 (2:00 PM ET)]

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• Alternative Title:
  Recognizing, managing, and reporting chikungunya virus infections in travelers returning from the Caribbean
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Description:
  December 13, 2013, 1400:00 (2:00 PM ET)
  
  CDCHAN-00358
  
  On December 7, 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported the first local (autochthonous) transmission of chikungunya virus in the Americas. As of December 12th, 10 cases of chikungunya have been confirmed in patients who reside on the French side of St. Martin in the Caribbean. Laboratory testing is pending on additional suspected cases. Onset of illness for confirmed cases was between October 15 and December 4. At this time, there are no reports of other suspected chikungunya cases outside St. Martin. However, further spread to other countries in the region is possible.
  
  Chikungunya virus infection should be considered in patients with acute onset of fever and polyarthralgia, especially those who have recently traveled to the Caribbean. Healthcare providers are encouraged to report suspected chikungunya cases to their state or local health department to facilitate diagnosis and to mitigate the risk of local transmission.
  
  
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• Subjects:
  Chikungunya Fever Travel
• Keywords:
  HAN Health Alert Network
• Source:
  HAN ; 358
• Series:
  Health Alert Network
• Subseries:
  CDC Health Advisory
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Alert
• Place as Subject:
  Caribbean Region
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Issue:
  00358
• Collection(s):
  Health Alert Network (HAN)
• Main Document Checksum:
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