Abstract

CERRILLO ARRANZ, Marta; CAMPA FONT, M.ª Teresa  and  IBANEZ MILAN, Cristina. Chikungunya: Emerging Viral Disease: emergence in the work enivironment: first occupational accident known in Spain. Med. segur. trab. [online]. 2016, vol.62, n.244, pp.282-287. ISSN 1989-7790.

Chikungunya disease is an infection caused by the Chikungunya virus, primarily transmitted to humans through the bite of vector mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. Although it is endemic in other countries, the current high mobility rate of the population due to leisure, work, commerce and migration, as well as the presence of the competent vector (Aedes albopictus) in many geographical areas of Spain, mean that it has spread across our territory over the last years. The word Chikungunya comes from the Makonde language (Mozanbique). If means "the one who bends down", referring to the position usually adopted when feeling articular pain. Chikungunya does not often result in death, but morbility rate can be high. It does affect the patient's daily life and work capacity, which consequently means absenteeism having an economic impact. In Spain, both from the Spanish Public health Service and from the Occupational Health and Preventive Services it is necessary to be prepared for the diagnosis, monitoring, treatment and prevention of diseases unknown in our work field until now. This article describes the first occupational disease case of Chikungunya in Spain imported by infection in Haiti.

Keywords : Chikungunya; Spain; sick leave; labor accident.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )