Volume 18, Number 2—February 2012
Letter
Risk for Emergence of Dengue and Chikungunya Virus in Israel
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![Patients with imported dengue or chikungunya virus infection living in Aedes albopictus–endemic areas of Israel, 2008–2010. Of the patients with dengue and chikungunya virus disease, 66% (27/41) and 80% (12/15), respectively, lived in disease-endemic areas.](/eid/images/11-1648-F1.jpg)
Figure. Patients with imported dengue (black circles) or chikungunya (black triangles) virus infection living in Aedes albopictus–endemic areas of Israel, 2008–2010. Gray shading indicates known and black outline suspected A. albopictus–endemic areas. Of the patients with dengue and chikungunya virus disease, 66% (27/41) and 80% (12/15), respectively, lived in A. albopictus–endemic areas.
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