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[Five-year outcome of mother-to-child transmission of chikungunya virus].

B. Boumahni, Marc Bintner

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Chikungunya virus is an arbovirus (alphavirus) transmitted by Aedes albopictus in Reunion Island. A huge chikungunya outbreak swept Reunion Island in 2005- 2006. We report the first case of chikungunya neonatal infection and the 5-years outcome of the 18 neonates hospitalized in neonatal intensive care unit between June 2005 and March 2006.

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Key concepts: Chikungunya, Alphavirus infection, Alphavirus, Arbovirus, Aedes albopictus, Outbreak, Virology, Transmission (telecommunications)