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Epidemiological update: Autochthonous cases of chikungunya fever on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, 20 December 2013
As of 19 December 2013, the local health authorities of the French Caribbean Islands reported 26 confirmed and 12 probable autochthonous cases of chikungunya on the island of Saint Martin.
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Epidemiological update: autochthonous cases of chikungunya fever in the Caribbean region, 4 January 2014
An outbreak of chikungunya in the Caribbean region was reported from the French part of the island of Saint Martin on 5 December 2013.
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Epidemiological update: autochthonous cases of chikungunya fever in the Caribbean region, 19 January 2014
It is the first time that autochthonous transmission of the virus has been documented in the Americas. Clinicians and travel medicine clinics should remain vigilant regarding imported dengue and chikungunya cases from the Caribbean.
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Epidemiological update: autochthonous cases of chikungunya fever in the Caribbean region, 6 February 2014
An outbreak of chikungunya in the Caribbean region was reported from the French part of the island of Saint Martin on 6 December 2013. It is the first time that autochthonous transmission of the virus has been documented in the Americas.
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Epidemiological update: autochthonous cases of chikungunya fever in the Caribbean region and South America, 21 February 2014
An outbreak of chikungunya in the Caribbean region was reported from the French part of the island of Saint Martin on 6 December 2013. It is the first time that autochthonous transmission of the virus has been documented in the Americas.
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Epidemiological update: autochthonous cases of chikungunya fever in the Caribbean region and South America, 4 June 2014
On 6 December 2013, France reported two laboratory-confirmed autochthonous cases of chikungunya in the French part of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. It is the first time that autochthonous transmission of the virus has been documented in the Americas.
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Rapid risk assessment: Risk of travel-associated cholera from the Dominican Republic
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Zika transmission in the Caribbean
The information on current Zika transmission is useful to evaluate the risk for people who have recently returned from or are planning to travel to countries with active local transmission.
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Zika transmission in past nine months
Countries and territories worldwide with reported confirmed autochthonous vector-borne transmission of Zika virus infection in the past nine months. The information is provided to aid diagnosis for returning travellers, especially pregnant women
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Risk assessment: Outbreak of cholera in Cuba, potential risk for European travellers, 12 July 2012
This rapid risk assessment assesses the potential risk for European travellers to Cuba after an outbreak of cholera in the Granma Province of the country.