On 24th September 2019, Dr Denis Malvy, GeoSentinel site director, CHU Bordeaux, France, reported serologically-confirmed chikungunya in a tourist traveller returned from Myanmar, trip dates 30 July – 22 August 2019. The 44-year-old female presented as an outpatient, after 12 days of fatigue, fever/sweat/chills and arthralgia. The patient is under close follow-up for rheumatic involvement. On 3rd October 2019, Dr. Marta Díaz Menéndez, GeoSentinel site director, Hospital Universitario La Paz-Carlos III, Madrid, Spain reported a 31 year old woman who had visited Rangoon, Mandalay, and Inle Lake in Myanmar over a 5 day period in late August. This patient presented with fever, rash, and intense joint pains in her ankles, wrists, feet, and digits of both hands. She had a positive IgM chikungunya serology and negative studies for dengue and Zika. She has greatly improved although she still has some early morning joint stiffness .According to the Public Health Authority of Myanmar in 2019, the country has reported 97 suspected cases of chikungunya, of which 26 were confirmed. Most of the cases were from Nay Pyi Taw, Kachin State, and Tanintharyi Region. This the first time in a decade that chikungunya cases have been confirmed in Myanmar [1, 2]. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/documents/Communicable-disease-threats-report-21-sep-2019.pdf https://www.mmtimes.com/news/chikungunya-reappears-after-10-years.html
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On 24th September 2019, Dr Denis Malvy, GeoSentinel site director, CHU Bordeaux, France, reported serologically-confirmed chikungunya in a tourist traveller returned from Myanmar, trip dates 30 July – 22 August 2019. The 44-year-old female presented as an outpatient, after 12 days of fatigue, fever/sweat/chills and arthralgia. The patient is under close follow-up for rheumatic involvement. On 3rd October 2019, Dr. Marta Díaz Menéndez, GeoSentinel site director, Hospital Universitario La Paz-Carlos III, Madrid, Spain reported a 31 year old woman who had visited Rangoon, Mandalay, and Inle Lake in Myanmar over a 5 day period in late August. This patient presented with fever, rash, and intense joint pains in her ankles, wrists, feet, and digits of both hands. She had a positive IgM chikungunya serology and negative studies for dengue and Zika. She has greatly improved although she still has some early morning joint stiffness .According to the Public Health Authority of Myanmar in 2019, the country has reported 97 suspected cases of chikungunya, of which 26 were confirmed. Most of the cases were from Nay Pyi Taw, Kachin State, and Tanintharyi Region. This the first time in a decade that chikungunya cases have been confirmed in Myanmar [1, 2]. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/portal/files/documents/Communicable-disease-threats-report-21-sep-2019.pdf https://www.mmtimes.com/news/chikungunya-reappears-after-10-years.html