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Revisiting the emergence of the Chikungunya virus in Alagoas, Northeast of Brazil.
Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] - 1 Sept 2025
de Araújo Mykaella Andrade, Lima Ana Carla Eugênio, do Nascimento Jean Phellipe Marques, Andreolla Ana Paula, de Araújo Thiago Pina Goes, do Nascimento Michel Alves, de Lima Ana Rachel Vasconcelos, de Lima Magliones Carneiro, de Oliveira Santos Hazerral, Leite Anderson Brandão, Bordignon Juliano, Duarte Dos Santos Claudia Nunes, Silva-Júnior Abelardo, Borges Alessandra Abel
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an Alphavirus, emerged in the Americas in 2013 and was first documented in Brazil in September 2014, in the states of Pará and Bahia. Although Alagoas state officially reported its first case in late 2015, this study investigated potential earlier unreported cases by analyzing samples from a 2013-2014 Orthoflavivirus serological survey. We screened sera from patients with acute febrile...
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