Chikungunya Virus as Cause of Febrile Illness Outbreak, Chiapas, Mexico, 2014
oleh: Tiffany F. Kautz, Esteban E. Díaz-González, Jesse H. Erasmus, Iliana R. Malo-García, Rose M. Langsjoen, Edward I. Patterson, Dawn I. Auguste, Naomi L. Forrester, Rosa Maria Sanchez-Casas, Mauricio Hernández-Ávila, Celia M. Alpuche-Aranda, Nikos Vasilakis, Ildefonso Fernández-Salas
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-11-01 |
Deskripsi
Since chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was introduced into the Americas in 2013, its geographic distribution has rapidly expanded. Of 119 serum samples collected in 2014 from febrile patients in southern Mexico, 79% were positive for CHIKV or IgM against CHIKV. Sequencing results confirmed CHIKV strains closely related to Caribbean isolates.