Differing epidemiological dynamics of Chikungunya virus in the Americas during the 2014-2015 epidemic.

Differing epidemiological dynamics of Chikungunya virus in the Americas during the 2014-2015 epidemic.

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has been detected sporadically since the 1950s and includes three distinct co-circulating genotypes. In late 2013, the Asian genotype of CHIKV was responsible for the Caribbean outbreak (CO) that rapidly became an epidemic throughout the Americas. There is a limited underst...

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Main Authors: Yi Tan, Brett E Pickett, Susmita Shrivastava, Lionel Gresh, Angel Balmaseda, Paolo Amedeo, Lihui Hu, Vinita Puri, Nadia B Fedorova, Rebecca A Halpin, Matthew P LaPointe, Marshall R Cone, Lea Heberlein-Larson, Laura D Kramer, Alexander T Ciota, Aubree Gordon, Reed S Shabman, Suman R Das, Eva Harris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-07-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6085065?pdf=render

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