Volume 13, Number 8—August 2007
Letter
Imported Chikungunya Infection, Italy
Anna Beltrame*
, Andrea Angheben†, Zeno Bisoffi†, Geraldo Monteiro†, Stefania Marocco†, Guido Calleri‡, Filippo Lipani‡, Federico Gobbi‡, Francesca Canta‡, Francesco Castelli§, Maurizio Gulletta§, Sara Bigoni§, Veronica Del Punta§, Tiziana Iacovazzi¶, Roberto Romi#, Loredana Nicoletti#, Maria Grazia Ciufolini#, Giada Rorato*, Camilla Negri*, and Pierluigi Viale*
, Andrea Angheben†, Zeno Bisoffi†, Geraldo Monteiro†, Stefania Marocco†, Guido Calleri‡, Filippo Lipani‡, Federico Gobbi‡, Francesca Canta‡, Francesco Castelli§, Maurizio Gulletta§, Sara Bigoni§, Veronica Del Punta§, Tiziana Iacovazzi¶, Roberto Romi#, Loredana Nicoletti#, Maria Grazia Ciufolini#, Giada Rorato*, Camilla Negri*, and Pierluigi Viale*
Table
Demographic and epidemiologic data on 17 travelers with chikungunya infection diagnosed in 2006, Italy
| Patient no. | Sex | Age, y | Reason for travel | Country of origin | Date of return (length of stay, d) | Date of first medical assessment after return (delay, d) | Last date of fever (length of fever, d) | Fever on date of return? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1* | M | 32 | Business | Réunion | Feb 23 (93) | Feb 25 (2) | Feb 26 (4) | Yes |
| 2† | F | 39 | Tourism | Mauritius | Feb 28 (10) | Feb 28 (0) | Feb 28 (4) | Yes |
| 3‡ | M | 46 | Tourism | Mauritius | Mar 7 (10) | Mar 7 (0) | Mar 6 (5) | No |
| 4‡ | M | 32 | Tourism | Madagascar | Mar 7 (15) | Mar 8 (1) | Mar 4 (4) | No |
| 5§ | M | 49 | Tourism | Mauritius | Mar 08 (16) | Mar 15 (7) | Mar 4 (5) | No |
| 6‡ | M | 66 | Tourism | Madagascar | Mar 24 (15) | Mar 24 (0) | Mar 27 (5) | Yes |
| 7§ | M | 36 | Tourism | Mauritius | Apr 4 (15) | Apr 5 (1) | Apr 1 (6) | No |
| 8* | F | 43 | Resident | Madagascar | Apr 10 (–) | Apr 11 (1) | Mar 2 (6) | No |
| 9‡ | F | 46 | Tourism | Réunion | Jan 30 (16) | Apr 13 (73) | NA (2) | – |
| 10¶ | F | 44 | Visit relatives | Mauritius | Apr 17 (33) | Apr 19 (2) | Apr 7 (12) | No |
| 11‡ | F | 36 | Tourism | Mauritius | Apr 30 (11) | May 3 (3) | May 3 (3) | Yes |
| 12‡ | M | 31 | Tourism | Réunion | Apr 21 (30) | May 4 (13) | Apr 5 (6) | No |
| 13‡ | M | 44 | Visit relatives | Cameroon | May 3 (24) | May 22 (19) | May 7 (6) | Yes |
| 14* | M | 35 | Tourism | Seychelles | May 31 (9) | Jun 1 (1) | Jun 1 (2) | Yes |
| 15* | M | 38 | Tourism | Mauritius | May 10 (11) | Jun 12 (2) | May 7 (4) | No |
| 16‡ | F | 58 | Missionary work | Central African Republic | Jun 24 (14 y) | Jul 10 (16) | Apr 26 (12) | No |
| 17* | F | 57 | Business | India | Sep 8 (31) | Sep 9 (1) | Sep 10 (4) | Yes |
*GISPI (Gruppo di Interesse e Studio delle Patologie di Importazione) centers: Torino.
†GISPI center: Udine.
‡GISPI center: Negrar. NA, not available.
§GISPI center: Brescia.
¶GISPI center: Triggiano.
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