Public health response and lessons learned from the 2014 chikungunya epidemic in Grenada

ABSTRACT In June 2014, the first cases of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) were diagnosed on the island of Carriacou, part of the tri-island state of Grenada. In the three months that followed, CHIKV spread rapidly, with conservative estimates of the population infected of at least 60%. Multiple challenges...

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Main Authors: Martin S. Forde, Francis Martin, George Mitchell, Satesh Bidaisee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pan American Health Organization 2017-08-01
Series:Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892017000100509&lng=en&tlng=en

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