Chikungunya Virus Infection in Blood Donors and Patients During Outbreak, Mandalay, Myanmar, 2019
Aung Kyaw Kyaw, Mya Myat Ngwe Tun, Takeshi Nabeshima, Aung Min Soe, Thida Thida, Thet Htoo Aung, Thein Thein Htwe, Su Su Myaing, Tu Tu Mar, Thida Aung, Khin Moh Moh Win, Khin Mar Myint, Ei Phyu Lwin, Hlaing Myat Thu, Corazon C. Buerano, Kyaw Zin Thant, Kouichi Morita
Abstract
C hikungunya (CHIK) is an emerging tropical dis- ease caused by CHIK virus (CHIKV; family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus), of which there are 3 genotypes: Asian, East/Central/South African (ECSA), and West African (1). This virus was detected in Asia during 1954 and has been observed to continuously circulate in countries in southern and Southeast Asia (2-5). In Myanmar, the first case of CHIKV infection was confirmed serologically in 1973 (6), and the CHIKV ECSA genotype was observed in patients during 2010