Volume 22, Number 11—November 2016
Dispatch
Imported Chikungunya Virus Strains, Taiwan, 2006–2014
Cheng-Fen Yang, Chien-Ling Su, Tung-Chien Hsu, Shu-Fen Chang, Chien-Chou Lin, and Pei-Yun Shu
Table 2
Characteristics of 78 patients with chikungunya, Taiwan, 2006–2014
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Case reporting system | |
| Fever screening at airports | 57 (73.0) |
| Expanded screening for contacts of confirmed case-patients | 2 (3.0) |
| Clinician- or hospital-based | 19 (24.3) |
| Age group, y | |
| <20 | 9 (11.5) |
| 20–39 | 43 (55.1) |
| 40–59 | 17 (22.0) |
| >60 | 9 (11.5) |
| Onset day | |
| <7 | 67 (86.0) |
| >7 | 11 (14.1) |
| Laboratory confirmation test | |
| Viral RNA or virus isolation | 59 (76.0) |
| Serologic analysis | 19 (24.3) |
| Travel purpose | |
| Foreign labor | 26 (33.3) |
| Tourism | 25 (32.0) |
| Family visit | 14 (18.0) |
| Business trip | 8 (10.3) |
| Other | 5 (6.4) |
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