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Chikungunya virus infection in the southernmost state of Brazil was characterised by self-limited transmission (2017-2019) and a larger 2021 outbreak.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Jan 2023
Gregianini Tatiana Schäffer, Salvato Richard Steiner, Barcellos Regina Bones, Godinho Fernanda Marques, Ruivo Amanda Pellenz, de Melo Viviane Horn, Schroder Júlio Augusto, Martiny Fernanda Letícia, Möllmann Erica Bortoli, Favreto Cátia, Baethgen Ludmila Fiorenzano, Ferreira Vithoria Pompermaier, de Lima Lívia Eidt, Piazza Cláudia Fasolo, Machado Taís Raquel Marcon, Becker Irina Marieta, Ramos Raquel Rocha, Frölich Guilherme Carey, Rossetti Alana Fraga, Almeida Lucas da Cunha, Rodrigues Tahiana Machado Antunes, Bragança Isabella Tabelli, Campos Aline Alves Scarpellini, Manzoni Verônica Baú, Machado Lais Ceschini, da Silva Luisa Maria Inácio, de Oliveira André Luiz Sá, Paiva Marcelo Henrique Santos, Nunes Zenaida Marion Alves, de Almeida Paula Rodrigues, Demoliner Meriane, Gularte Juliana Schons, da Silva Mariana Soares, Filippi Micheli, Pereira Vyctoria Malayhka de Abreu Góes, Spilki Fernando Rosado, da Veiga Ana Beatriz Gorini, Wallau Gabriel Luz
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne virus that has been causing large outbreaks in the Americas since 2014. In Brazil, Asian-Caribbean (AC) and East-Central-South-African (ECSA) genotypes have been detected and lead to large outbreaks in several Brazilian states. In Rio Grande do Sul (RS), the southernmost state of Brazil, the first cases were reported in 2016. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS: We employed genome...
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