Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Chikungunya (CHIK) virus belongs to genus Alphavirus under the family of Togaviridae. The disease is self-limited, and it will developed life-long immunity to the infected person. Malaysia experienced the first outbreak of CHIK in late 1998-1999 due to CHIK virus of Asian genotype. Objectives of the study were to describe the situation of Chikungunya infection in Kelantan for 2018, to identify reasons giving rise to outbreaks and to give recommendation to prevent future outbreaks. METHODS: We analysed the secondary data from Chikungunya database (E Vekpro, E Notification), Outbreak and investigation report 2018 and Entomology Risk Assessment report 2018. Case was defined as those with fever and joint pain and/or rashes with positive laboratory result either IgM serology, RT PCR Test, viral isolation or 4-fold rise in IgG in three weeks apart. RESULTS: Total cases registered were 77 with median age of 40 years old. Majority of cases presented with fever, arthralgia, rash and myalgia. The cases located in Tumpat, Pasir Putih, Kota Bharu and Machang. Ninety percent of cases were from the outbreak localities in Tumpat and Pasir Puteh. Majority of cases were diagnosed after seven days. Thirty percent of cases were self- medicated. Entomological study showed more than 50% of mosquito in outbreak area were positive for virus isolation or nucleic acid detection. CONCLUSION: There were 77 cases of Chikungunya registered in Kelantan in 2018. There was a delay in diagnosis of some cases which contribute to increase number of cases in 2018 in Kelantan.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-193,
title = {Increase in Chikungunya Cases in Kelantan, Malaysia 2018},
author = {Hasniza A and Suhaiza S and Faudzi Y},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Chikungunya (CHIK) virus belongs to genus Alphavirus under the family of Togaviridae. The disease is self-limited, and it will developed life-long immunity to the infected person. Malaysia experienced the first outbreak of CHIK in late 1998-1999 due to CHIK virus of Asian genotype. Objectives of the study were to describe the situation of Chikungunya infection in Kelantan for 2018, to identify reasons giving rise to outbreaks and to give recommendation to prevent future outbreaks. METHODS: We analysed the secondary data from Chikungunya database (E Vekpro, E Notification), Outbreak and investigation report 2018 and Entomology Risk Assessment report 2018. Case was defined as those with fever and joint pain and/or rashes with positive laboratory result either IgM serology, RT PCR Test, viral isolation or 4-fold rise in IgG in three weeks apart. RESULTS: Total cases registered were 77 with median age of 40 years old. Majority of cases presented with fever, arthralgia, rash and myalgia. The cases located in Tumpat, Pasir Putih, Kota Bharu and Machang. Ninety percent of cases were from the outbreak localities in Tumpat and Pasir Puteh. Majority of cases were diagnosed after seven days. Thirty percent of cases were self- medicated. Entomological study showed more than 50% of mosquito in outbreak area were positive for virus isolation or nucleic acid detection. CONCLUSION: There were 77 cases of Chikungunya registered in Kelantan in 2018. There was a delay in diagnosis of some cases which contribute to increase number of cases in 2018 in Kelantan.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation:},
keywords = {2018, Chikungunya, Kelantan},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}