Increased number of deaths during a chikungunya epidemic in Pernambuco, Brazil

In early 2016, it was suspected that there were more deaths in Pernambuco than in previous years during an epidemic of chikungunya. This study tested whether there was an increased number of deaths and, if so, whether this increase could be related to a chikungunya epidemic. Indeed, there was an inc...

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Main Authors: Carlos Alexandre Antunes de Brito, Maria Glória Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762017000900650&lng=en&tlng=en