Emergence and potential for spread of Chikungunya virus in Brazil

Roberto Teixeira Nunes, Márcio; R. Faria, Nuno; Mota de Vasconcelos, Janaína; Golding, Nick; U. G. Kraemer, Moritz; Freitas de Oliveira, Layanna; do Socorro da Silva Azevedo, Raimunda; Elaine Andrade da Silva, Daisy; Vieira Pinto da Silva, Eliana; Patroca da Silva, Sandro; Lima Carvalho, Valéria; Evelim Coelho, Giovanini; Cecília Ribeiro Cruz, Ana; Guerreiro Rodrigues, Sueli; Lídio da Silva Gonçalves Vianez Júnior, João; Tardelli Diniz Nunes, Bruno; Ferreira Cardoso, Jedson; B. Tesh, Robert; I Hay, Simon; G. Pybus, Oliver; Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, Pedro

doi:10.1186/s12916-015-0348-x

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Emergence and potential for spread of Chikungunya virus in Brazil

Published in BMC Medicine • Apr 30, 2015

Authors:

Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes

Nuno R. Faria

Janaína Mota de Vasconcelos

Abstract

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 in...

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Chikungunya

Outbreak

Genotype

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