Cavrini Francesca, Gaibani Paolo, Pierro Anna Maria, Rossini Giada, Landini Maria Paola, Sambri Vittorio
The Emilia Romagna Regional Reference Centre for Microbiological Emergencies (CRREM) - Unit of Microbiology, St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2009 Dec 15;3(10):744-52. doi: 10.3855/jidc.169.
The virus causing Chikungunya disease was identified over 50 years ago; however, because the disease appeared only in developing countries, little research on it has been done. Research interest in the disease increased after an important epidemiological outbreak occurred in 2005 on the French metropolitan island of La Reunion located in the south-eastern part of the Indian Ocean. In 2007, a smaller outbreak of Chikungunya developed in the north-eastern part of Italy made possible by immigration of a viremic patient from the Indian Ocean area and the enormous population of Aedes albopictus in Italy. Currently, Chikungunya is spreading in Southeast Asian aspects, clinical pictures, diagnosis and treatment of the disease caused by Chikungunya virus.
导致基孔肯雅热疾病的病毒早在50多年前就已被发现；然而，由于该疾病仅在发展中国家出现，因此对其研究甚少。2005年，位于印度洋东南部的法国海外省留尼汪岛发生了一次重大的流行病学疫情，此后人们对该疾病的研究兴趣增加。2007年，一名来自印度洋地区的病毒血症患者移民到意大利，加上意大利白纹伊蚊数量众多，导致意大利东北部发生了一次规模较小的基孔肯雅热疫情。目前，基孔肯雅热正在东南亚地区传播，本文将介绍基孔肯雅病毒引起的疾病的各个方面、临床症状、诊断和治疗方法。
