US EditionMosquito bite warning after rise in chikungunya cases in travellers returning to UK
UK Health Security Agency reports 73 chikungunya cases in early 2025, more than double last year, urging travelers to use insect repellent and take mosquito bite precautions abroad.
- UKHSA data show more than 70 chikungunya cases in the first half of this year, linked to travel, compared to 27 last year.
- Chikungunya is transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, and most patients had recently returned from Sri Lanka, India or Mauritius, UKHSA said.
- Dr Philip Veal, UKHSA, urged travelers to use repellent, cover up, and sleep under insecticide-treated nets to reduce chikungunya risk, describing it as a "nasty disease."
- Following the chikungunya increase, UKHSA detected the first UK cases of the Oropouche virus linked to travel from Brazil, with no local transmission risk.
- Consider vaccination if visiting outbreak hotspots; two chikungunya vaccines are approved for use in the UK and recommended for travellers under 65, amid rising cholera cases.
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Travel-related chikungunya cases in England climb nearly three-fold
The number of travel-related cases of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne viral infection, has nearly tripled in England during the first six months of the year compared to the same period last year.
·Washington, United States
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