In 2019, an outbreak of chikungunya virus infection occurred in Mandalay, Myanmar, and 3.2% of blood donors and 20.5% of patients who were children were confirmed as being infected. The prevalence rate was up to 6.3% among blood donors. The East Central/South African genotype was predominantly circulating during this outbreak.
Keywords: CHIKV; Myanmar; acute febrile illness; blood donors; chikungunya; chikungunya virus; molecular epidemiology; neurologic manifestations; outbreak; viruses; zoonoses.