Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Journal Article Continuant Continuant Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-06-25T13:54:22 RDF description of Travel-associated chikungunya acquired in Myanmar in 2019 - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn20912 Surveillance Travel 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 <p>Eighteen cases of chikungunya virus infection in travellers returning from Myanmar were reported to the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network, its subnetwork EuroTravNet and TropNet in 2019, reflecting an ongoing local outbreak. This report reinforces the importance of travellers as sentinels of emerging arboviral outbreaks and highlights the importance of vigilance for imported cases, due to the potential for dissemination of the virus into areas with competent local vectors and conducive environmental conditions.<p> 1 Travel-associated chikungunya acquired in Myanmar in 2019 public Infectious Diseases 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.1.1900721 25 Euro Surveillance 28294 Epidemiology 16887 document-rn20912