Article
Emergence and potential for spread of Chikungunya virus in Brazil.
BMC medicine - 30 Apr 2015
Nunes Marcio Roberto Teixeira, Faria Nuno Rodrigues, de Vasconcelos Janaina Mota, Golding Nick, Kraemer Moritz U G, de Oliveira Layanna Freitas, Azevedo Raimunda do Socorro da Silva, da Silva Daisy Elaine Andrade, da Silva Eliana Vieira Pinto, da Silva Sandro Patroca, Carvalho Valéria Lima, Coelho Giovanini Evelim, Cruz Ana Cecília Ribeiro, Rodrigues Sueli Guerreiro, Vianez Joao Lídio da Silva Gonçalves, Nunes Bruno Tardelli Diniz, Cardoso Jedson Ferreira, Tesh Robert B, Hay Simon I, Pybus Oliver G, Vasconcelos Pedro Fernando da Costa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In December 2013, an outbreak of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) caused by the Asian genotype was notified in the Caribbean. The outbreak has since spread to 38 regions in the Americas. By September 2014, the first autochthonous CHIKV infections were confirmed in Oiapoque, North Brazil, and...
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