Prospective study of Chikungunya virus acute infection in the Island of La Réunion during the 2005-2006 outbreak.

Prospective study of Chikungunya virus acute infection in the Island of La Réunion during the 2005-2006 outbreak.

BACKGROUND:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a recently re-emerged arthropod borne virus responsible for a massive outbreak in the Indian Ocean and India, and extended to Southeast Asia as well as Italy. CHIKV has adapted to Aedes albopictus, an anthropophilic mosquito species widely distributed in Asia,...

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Main Authors: Frederik Staikowsky, François Talarmin, Philippe Grivard, Abdel Souab, Isabelle Schuffenecker, Karin Le Roux, Marc Lecuit, Alain Michault
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2764049?pdf=render

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