| novel chikungunya virus variant in travelers returning from indian ocean islands. | chikungunya virus (chikv) emerged in indian ocean islands in 2005 and is causing an ongoing outbreak that involves >260,000 patients, including travelers returning home from these islands. we investigated cases in 4 patients returning from mayotte and reunion islands with chikv infection and a nurse infected in metropolitan france after direct contact with the blood of a traveler. four patients had tenosynovitis and pain at wrist pressure, and 1 had life-threatening manifestations. four chikv st ... | 2006 | 17176562 |