Imported Cases in Continental Chile and Autochthonous In Easter Island
( Current Topics in Chikungunya )
Publication series ： Current Topics in Chikungunya
Author： Cecilia Perret P.
Publisher： IntechOpen
Publication year： 2016
E-ISBN: INT6082763996
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535125945
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789535125952
Subject： R18 Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine;R51 infectious diseases
Keyword： 传染病,流行病学与防疫
Language： ENG
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Imported Cases in Continental Chile and Autochthonous In Easter Island
Description
Aedes aegypti is the main vector for several arboviruses including dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus. The emergence of these viruses’ transmission is possible in places where the vector exists. In Chile, A. aegypti was introduced in the year 2000 to Easter Island, being the responsible of the first dengue outbreak by dengue 1 serotype in the country in 2002. Just recently April 2016 Aedes aegypti has been found in Arica, the northernmost city of the country. On Easter Island, at the beginning of 2014, Zika outbreak was diagnosed with about 170 cases reported.
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