Chikungunya virus disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Chikungunya virus disease. In: ECDC. Annual epidemiological report for 2018. Stockholm: ECDC; 2019.

Surveillance report
  • Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report
  • Time period covered: 1 January 2018 - 31 December 2018
This report is based on data for 2018 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 10 September 2019.

Executive Summary

  • For 2018, 14 countries reported 160 cases of chikungunya virus disease, of which 113 (71%) were confirmed.
  • The EU/EEA notification rate was 0.03 cases per 100 000 population.
  • Notification rates were highest in the age group 25–64 years and higher among females in most age groups.
  • All cases were travel-related. The majority of the cases were probably infected in Asia (55.8%) and Africa (33.3%).
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Chikungunya virus disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2018

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