Table 1

Potential annual numbers of viraemic visitors to Europe have been extrapolated from a single week's FlightStats data [50]

European Destination

Chikungunya Active Hotspots

Estimated Incidence (% passengers)

Estimated Annual

Potentially Viraemic Passengers

Flights

Passengers


France

Reunion

35.71*

1,272

409,200

146,125

Mauritius

0.81

1,488

497,040

4,026

India

0.52

2,736

819,264

4,260

Gabon

0.43

564

150,960

649

Sri Lanka

0.20

156

36,864

74

Congo

0.09

564

135,168

122

Malaysia

0.01

1,020

307,200

31

*12,240

3,763,584

155,287

Germany

Maldives

3.51

204

52,896

1,857

Mauritius

0.81

204

54,528

442

India

0.34

11,208

3,834,000

13,036

Sri Lanka

0.20

216

54,048

108

Malaysia

0.01

456

141,840

14

21,396

7,458,336

15,456

Italy

Seychelles

10.81

144

40,608

4,390

Maldives

3.51

264

61,440

2,157

Mauritius

0.81

264

70,320

570

India

0.01

492

151,200

15

Malaysia

0.01

492

153,600

15

3,408

1,060,800

7,146

United Kingdom

Mauritius

0.81

504

158,400

1,283

India

0.35

6,360

211,136

739

Sri Lanka

0.20

600

167,040

334

Malaysia

0.01

1,080

398,112

40

18,864

4,824,368

2,396

Switzerland

Maldives

3.51

48

12,288

431

Mauritius

0.81

48

13,920

113

India

0.24

2,304

610,512

1,465

6,144

1,858,304

2,009

Belgium

India

0.19

3,025

878,976

1,670

Congo

0.09

408

118,800

107

3,637

1,054,416

1,777

Netherlands

India

0.20

2,136

610,512

1,221

Malaysia

0.01

2,136

811,680

81

6,936

2,389,632

1,302

Spain

Mauritius

0.81

480

13,920

113

936

184,560

113


Totals

73,561

22,594,000

185,486


(*Note totals for each European country include visitors from other Chikungunya active regions, not listed as the estimated number of viraemic visitors was <1)

Tilston et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2009 8:61   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-8-61

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