Where does chikungunya occur?
Chikungunya occurs in Africa (more specifically West Africa from Senegal to Cameroon, Central and East Africa including Central African Republic, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, eastern Botswana, and north eastern parts of South Africa; there is also evidence of viral presence in parts of Ethiopia and Sudan), and Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Cambodia). Outbreaks have also been reported in Saudi Arabia, Papua New Guinea, and more recently in 2006, on islands in the Indian Ocean, including Réunion, Mayotte, Mauritius, and the Seychelles. In 2007, a localised outbreak of chikungunya was reported in the north east region of Italy; this outbreak occurred as a result of an imported case from India (http://www.hpa.org.uk/hpr/archives/2007/hpr3607.pdf). Chikungunya does not occur in the United Kingdom, because the mosquito vector is not present, but since 1999 a range of between four and19 cases associ
