GLOBAL RE-EMERGENCE OF CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS AND ESCALATING RISKS FOR CHILDREN According to a World Health Organization briefing in July 2025,chikungunya has been reported in 119 countries,placing an estimated 5.5 million...GLOBAL RE-EMERGENCE OF CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS AND ESCALATING RISKS FOR CHILDREN According to a World Health Organization briefing in July 2025,chikungunya has been reported in 119 countries,placing an estimated 5.5 million people at risk of infection.1 Recent outbreaks have rapidly expanded across Southeast Asia,the Indian Ocean islands,East Africa,South Asia,and southern China,with locally acquired cases even reported in parts of southern Europe.As vectors such as Aedes albopictus continue to spread globally,the geographic reach of the chikungunya virus(CHIKV)is expected to further expand.In July 2025,a chikungunya outbreak was reported in Foshan,Guangdong Province,China,2 with a rapid spread that echoed patterns previously seen in the Indian Ocean islands and parts of sub-Saharan Africa.While CHIKV infections in children were first described in India and South Asia as early as the 1960s,3 the true impact of the virus on pediatric health has been underestimated.展开更多
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文摘GLOBAL RE-EMERGENCE OF CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS AND ESCALATING RISKS FOR CHILDREN According to a World Health Organization briefing in July 2025,chikungunya has been reported in 119 countries,placing an estimated 5.5 million people at risk of infection.1 Recent outbreaks have rapidly expanded across Southeast Asia,the Indian Ocean islands,East Africa,South Asia,and southern China,with locally acquired cases even reported in parts of southern Europe.As vectors such as Aedes albopictus continue to spread globally,the geographic reach of the chikungunya virus(CHIKV)is expected to further expand.In July 2025,a chikungunya outbreak was reported in Foshan,Guangdong Province,China,2 with a rapid spread that echoed patterns previously seen in the Indian Ocean islands and parts of sub-Saharan Africa.While CHIKV infections in children were first described in India and South Asia as early as the 1960s,3 the true impact of the virus on pediatric health has been underestimated.
