Resources

Information for Travelers:

• Chikungunya (CDC Yellow Book)
• Chikungunya in the Caribbean (CDC Travel Notice)

Information for Vector Control Officials

• Fact Sheet: Information for Vector Control Officials [PDF – 2 pages]
• Chikungunya: Vector Surveillance and Control in the United States

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports:

• CDC. Chikungunya Cases Identified Through Passive Surveillance and Household Investigations — Puerto Rico, May 5–August 12, 2014.
• CDC. Notes from the Field: Chikungunya Virus Spreads in the Americas — Caribbean and South America, 2013–2014. MMWR 2014. 63(22);500-501.
• CDC. Chikungunya Fever Diagnosed Among International Travelers ––– United States, 2005–2006 MMWR 2006. 55(38);1040-1042.
• CDC. Update: Chikungunya Fever Diagnosed Among International Travelers ––– United States, 2006 MMWR 2007 56(12);276-277.

Additional Resources:

• CDC Press Release (December 18, 2013): First Reports of Chikungunya in Western hemisphere
• CDC Health Advisory (December 13, 2013): Notice to Public Health Officials and Clinicians: Recognizing, Managing, and Reporting Chikungunya Virus Infections in Travelers Returning from the Caribbean
• Chikungunya in the Americas updates (Pan American Health Organization)
• Guidelines for Preparedness and Response for Chikungunya Virus Introduction in the Americas [PDF – 161 pages] (from the Pan American Health Organization and CDC) English
• Guidelines for Preparedness and Response for Chikungunya Virus Introduction in the Americas [PDF – 159 pages] (from the Pan American Health Organization and CDC) Spanish
• Chikungunya virus: An emerging threat to the Americas (CDC Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity webinar)
• Chikungunya Fever, A Re–emerging Disease in Asia (from the World Health Organization)
• Chikungunya fact sheets: Communication Tool Kit (from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)

Recent Publications:

• Gibney KB, Fischer M, Prince HE, Kramer LD, St George K, Kosoy OL, Laven JJ, Staples JE. Chikungunya fever in the United States: a fifteen year review of cases. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Mar 1;52(5):e121-6.
• Lanciotti RS, Kosoy OL, Laven JJ, Panella AJ, Velez JO, Lambert AJ, et al. Chikungunya virus in US travelers returning from India, 2006. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 May;13(5):764–7.
• Leparc-Goffart I, Nougairede A, Cassadou S, Prat C, de Lamballerie X. Chikungunya in the Americas. Lancet. 2014 Feb 8;383(9916):514.
• Moro ML, Gagliotti C, Silvi G, Angelini R, Sambri V, Rezza G, et al. Chikungunya virus in northeastern Italy: a seroprevalence survey. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Mar;82(3):508–11.
• Powers AM, Logue CH. Changing patterns of chikungunya virus: re-emergence of a zoonotic arbovirus. J Gen Virol. 2007 Sep;88(Pt 9):2363–77.
• Queyriaux B, Simon F, Grandadam M, Michel R, Tolou H, Boutin JP. Clinical burden of chikungunya virus infection. Lancet Infect Dis. 2008 Jan;8(1):2–3.
• Rajapakse S, Rodrigo C, Rajapakse A. Atypical manifestations of chikungunya infection. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Feb;104(2):89–96.
• Renault P, Solet JL, Sissoko D, Balleydier E, Larrieu S, Filleul L, et al. A major epidemic of chikungunya virus infection on Reunion Island, France, 2005–2006. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Oct;77(4):727–31.
• Staples JE, Breiman RF, Powers AM. Chikungunya fever: an epidemiological review of a re-emerging infectious disease.  Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 15;49(6):942-8. doi: 10.1086/605496. Review.
• Thiberville SD, Moyen N, Dupuis-Maguiraga L, Antoine N, Gould EA, Roques P, de Lamballerie X. Chikungunya fever: Epidemiology, clinical syndrome, pathogenesis and therapy. Antiviral Res. 2013;99:345–70.
• Weaver SC, Osorio JE, Livengood JA, Chen R, Stinchcomb DT. Chikungunya virus and prospects for a vaccine. Expert Rev Vaccines. 2012 Sep;11(9):1087-101. doi: 10.1586/erv.12.84. Review.
• World Health Organization. Outbreak and spread of chikungunya. Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 2007 Nov 23;82(47):409–15.