Reappearance of Chikungunya, Formerly Called Dengue, in the Americas
After an absence of ≈200 years, chikungunya returned to the American tropics in 2013. The virus is maintained in a complex African zoonotic cycle but escapes into an urban cycle at 40- to 50-year intervals, causing global pandemics. In 1823, classical chikungunya, a viral exanthem in humans, occurre...
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2015-04-01
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/4/14-1723_article |