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Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020
Synopsis

Risks Related to Chikungunya Infections among European Union Travelers, 2012–2018

Céline M. GossnerComments to Author , Nelly Fournet, Joana Gomes Dias, Beatriz Fernández Martínez, Martina Del Manso, Johanna J. Young, Hervé Zeller, and Denis Coulombier
Author affiliations: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Solna, Sweden (C.M. Gossner, J. Gomes Dias, J.J. Young, H. Zeller, D. Coulombier); Santé Publique France, Saint-Maurice, France (N. Fournet); Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain (B. Fernández Martínez); Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy (M. Del Manso)

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Table 2

Estimated number of travel-related cases of chikungunya that could have led to secondary transmissions on the basis of cases reported during June–October and proportion of population in countries in which Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are established, per year and reporting country, 2012–2018

Characteristic, year
 France
 Germany
 Greece
 Italy
 Malta
 Slovenia
 Spain
 Total
No. travel-related case during June–October
2012 7 3 0 2 0 0 0 12
2013 6 0 0 3 0 0 1 10
2014 540 85 1 0 0 0 180 806
2015 35 29 0 9 0 0 87 160
2016 16 28 1 9 0 1 31 86
2017 10 11 0 3 0 0 14 38
2018
 5
 7
 1
 2
 0
 0
 2
 17
% Population in regions in which Ae. albopictus mosquitoes are established
2012 21 0 6 83 92 11 20 28
2013 23 0 17 84 93 11 20 29
2014 25 0 25 86 93 14 20 31
2015 34 0 27 81 93 31 30 34
2016 36 0 76 99 93 57 33 41
2017 43 0 49 100 93 57 42 43
2018
 55
 1
 83
 100
 93
 57
 42
 45
Estimated no. cases in regions in which Ae. albopictus are established
2012 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
2013 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4
2014 135* 0 0 0 0 0 36 171
2015 12 0 0 7 0 0 26 45
2016 6 0 1 9 0 1 10 26
2017 4* 0 0 3* 0 0 6 13
2018
 3
 0
 1
 2
 0
 0
 1
 6
Total no. cases in regions in which Ae. albopictus are established
2012–2018 163 0 2 25 0 1 79 270

*When an outbreak occurred.

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