Hong Kong Training Portal on
Infection Control and Infectious Disease

Epidemiology and Public Health

• Weaver SC, Lecuit M. Chikungunya virus and the global spread of a mosquito-borne disease. New England Journal of Medicine. 2015 Mar 26;372(13):1231-9.
• Weaver SC, Forrester NL. Chikungunya: Evolutionary history and recent epidemic spread. Antiviral Research. 2015 Aug 1;120:32-9.
• Weaver SC. Arrival of chikungunya virus in the new world: prospects for spread and impact on public health. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2014 Jun 26;8(6):e2921.
• Ledermann JP, Guillaumot L, Yug L, Saweyog SC, Tided M, Machieng P, Pretrick M, Marfel M, Griggs A, Bel M, Duffy MR. Aedes hensilli as a potential vector of Chikungunya and Zika viruses. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2014 Oct 9;8(10):e3188.

Clinical Information and Management

• Couderc T, Lecuit M. Chikungunya virus pathogenesis: From bedside to bench. Antiviral Research. 2015 Sep 1;121:120-31.
• Ritz N, Hufnagel M, Gérardin P. Chikungunya in children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2015 Jul 1;34(7):789-91.
• Thiberville SD, Moyen N, Dupuis-Maguiraga L, Nougairede A, Gould EA, Roques P, de Lamballerie X. Chikungunya fever: epidemiology, clinical syndrome, pathogenesis and therapy. Antiviral research. 2013 Sep 1;99(3):345-70.
• Pialoux G, Gaüzère BA, Jauréguiberry S, Strobel M. Chikungunya, an epidemic arbovirosis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2007 May 1;7(5):319-27.

Local Article

• Lee N, Wong CK, Lam WY, Wong A, Lim W, Lam CW, et al. Chikungunya fever, Hong Kong. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2006 Nov;12(11):1790.