Emergence and potential for spread of Chikungunya virus in Brazil

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Authors

Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes

Nuno R. Faria

Janaína Mota de Vasconcelos

Nick Golding

Moritz U. G. Kraemer

Layanna Freitas de Oliveira

Raimunda do Socorro da Silva Azevedo

Daisy Elaine Andrade da Silva

Eliana Vieira Pinto da Silva

Sandro Patroca da Silva

Valéria Lima Carvalho

Giovanini Evelim Coelho

Abstract

The etiological strains associated with the early-phase CHIKV outbreaks in Brazil belong to the Asian and ECSA genotypes. Continued surveillance and vector mitigation strategies are needed to reduce the future public health impact of CHIKV in the Americas.

Topics & Keywords

Mosquito-borne diseases and control HIV Research and Treatment Viral Infections and Vectors

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: BMC Medicine

Volume 13, Issue 1, pp. 102-102

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0348-x

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