Chikungunya Virus, Southeastern France

Marc Grandadam (1) , Valérie Caro (1) , Sebastien Plumet (2) , Jean-Michel Thiberge (1) , Yvan Souares (3) , Anna-Bella Failloux (1) , Hugues Tolou (2) , Michel Budelot (4) , Didier Cosserat (4) , Isabelle Leparc-Goffart (2) , Philippe Desprès (1)

1 IP - Institut Pasteur [Paris]
2 Institut de Recherches Biomédicales des Armées
3 INVS - Institut de Veille Sanitaire
4 Private Consulting Rooms

In September 2010, autochthonous transmission of chikungunya virus was recorded in southeastern France, where the Aedes albopictus mosquito vector is present. Sequence analysis of the viral genomes of imported and autochthonous isolates indicated new features for the potential emergence and spread of the virus in Europe.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Marc Grandadam, Valérie Caro, Sebastien Plumet, Jean-Michel Thiberge, Yvan Souares, et al.. Chikungunya Virus, Southeastern France. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011, 17 (5), pp.910 - 913. ⟨10.3201/eid1705.101873⟩. ⟨pasteur-01681259⟩