ଝଝ This text is protected by copyright owned by SPILF. Reproduction and distribution rights are granted by SPILF on request, provided the text is reproduced in full, with no addition or deletion, and provided SPILF and the references of the original article published in Médecine et Maladies Infectieuses are indicated. Chikungunya (CHIK) is both an arbovirus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes and an arthrogenic alphavirus, the clinical consequences of which were revealed in France by the southwest Indian Ocean outbreak (Mayotte, Reunion) in 2005-2006. The recent epidemic spread of CHIK in the French South American and Pacific territories (departments) and communities led to a steady increase of infected individuals, confronting local and metropolitan healthcare professionals with the difficulties http://dx.

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