Chikungunya virus disease - Annual Epidemiological Report for 2022

Surveillance and monitoring

11 Jun 2024

Publication series: Annual Epidemiological Report

Time period covered: This report is based on data for 2022 retrieved from The European Surveillance System (TESSy) on 20 December 2023.

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For 2022, 26 European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries reported 64 cases of chikungunya virus disease, of which 81% were confirmed. This was an increase compared with 2021. The EU/EEA notification rate was <0.1 cases per 100 000 population. The majority of these cases were likely infected in Asia (n = 27; 47%) and South America (n = 16; 28%). No autochthonous transmission of chikungunya virus was reported within the EU/EEA.