Hwang Jeong-Hwan, Lee Chang-Seop
Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea. ; Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.
Infect Chemother. 2015 Mar;47(1):55-9. doi: 10.3947/ic.2015.47.1.55. Epub 2015 Mar 30.
Chikungunya is caused by an arbovirus transmitted by Aedes mosquito vector. With the increase of habitat of mosquito by global warming and frequent international travel and interchange, chikungunya reemerged and showed global distribution recently. Until now there has not been reported any case infected with chikungunya virus in Korea. A 23-year-old man has been the Republic of the Philippines for 1 week, and visited our emergency center due to fever and back pain. Chikungunya viral infection was diagnosed by specific IgM for chickungunya virus by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assayin Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. His clinical course was self limited. We introduce the first imported case infected with chikungunya virus in Korea.
基孔肯雅热由一种通过伊蚊传播的虫媒病毒引起。随着全球变暖导致蚊虫栖息地增加以及频繁的国际旅行和人员往来，基孔肯雅热最近再度出现并呈现全球分布。截至目前，韩国尚未报告过任何基孔肯雅病毒感染病例。一名23岁男性在菲律宾共和国停留了1周，因发热和背痛前来我们的急诊中心就诊。韩国疾病控制与预防中心通过酶联免疫吸附测定法检测到针对基孔肯雅病毒的特异性IgM，从而确诊为基孔肯雅病毒感染。他的临床病程为自限性。我们在此介绍韩国首例输入性基孔肯雅病毒感染病例。
