Chikungunya

Statutory notification

Public health management

Important information

  • Infectious agent: Chikungunya virus.
  • Transmission:  mosquito-borne.
  • Incubation period: 3 to 11 days.
  • Infectious period: No evidence of direct person to person transmission.
  • Case exclusion: Do not exclude
  • Contact exclusion: Do not exclude.
  • Treatment: No specific anti-viral treatment. Symptomatic treatment only.
  • Immunisation:  None available.
  • Case follow-up: is conducted by Public Health Units.

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