United Kingdom: Huge increase in chikungunya due to Caribbean and South America travel
by Robert Herriman from Outbreak News Today on (#5FT7)
The number of imported, or travel-associated chikungunya cases in the United Kingdom has increased 12-fold from 2013 to 2014, according to new data from Public Health England. In 2013, England, Wales and Northern Ireland recorded 24 imported chikungunya cases, while this number exploded to 295 in 2014 and the vast majority of cases (88%) were linked ["]
