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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Fernandez-Garcia, Maria Dolores author Bangert, Mathieu author De Ory, Fernando de author Potente, Arantxa author Hernandez, Lourdes author Lasala, Fátima author Herrero-Romero, Laura author Molero-Sanz, Francisca author Negredo, Anabel author Vazquez, Ana author Minguito, Teodora author Balfagon, Pilar author Fuente, Jesus de la author Puente, Sabino author Ramirez de Arellano, Eva author Lago, Mar author Martinez, Miguel author Gascón, Joaquim author Norman, Francesca author López-Vélez, Rogelio author Sulleiro, Elena author Pou, Diana author Serre, Nuria author Fernández Roblas, Ricardo author Tenorio, Antonio author Franco, Leticia author Sánchez-Seco, María Paz author 2016-09-08 Since the first documented autochthonous transmission of chikungunya virus in the Caribbean island of Saint Martin in 2013, the infection has been reported within the Caribbean region as well as North, Central and South America. The risk of autochthonous transmission of chikungunya virus becoming established in Spain may be elevated due to the large numbers of travellers returning to Spain from countries affected by the 2013 epidemic in the Caribbean and South America, as well as the existence of the Aedes albopictus vector in certain parts of Spain. We retrospectively analysed the laboratory diagnostic database of the National Centre for Microbiology, Institute of Health Carlos III (CNM-ISCIII) from 2008 to 2014. During the study period, 264 confirmed cases, of 1,371 suspected cases, were diagnosed at the CNM-ISCIII. In 2014 alone, there were 234 confirmed cases. The highest number of confirmed cases were reported from the Dominican Republic (n = 136), Venezuela (n = 30) and Haiti (n = 11). Six cases were viraemic in areas of Spain where the vector is present. This report highlights the need for integrated active case and vector surveillance in Spain and other parts of Europe where chikungunya virus may be introduced by returning travellers. Euro Surveill. 2016 Sep 8;21(36). 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.36.30336 1560-7917 1025-496X Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 27631156 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/8998 Co-Infection Europe Chikungunya Dengue Imported Travel related Chikungunya virus infections among travellers returning to Spain, 2008 to 2014