Rapid Epidemic Expansion of Chikungunya Virus East/Central/South African Lineage, Paraguay

Rapid Epidemic Expansion of Chikungunya Virus East/Central/South African Lineage, Paraguay

The spread of Chikungunya virus is a major public health concern in the Americas. There were >120,000 cases and 51 deaths in 2023, of which 46 occurred in Paraguay. Using a suite of genomic, phylodynamic, and epidemiologic techniques, we characterized the ongoing large chikungunya epidemic in Pa...

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Main Authors: Marta Giovanetti, Cynthia Vazquez, Mauricio Lima, Emerson Castro, Analia Rojas, Andrea Gomez de la Fuente, Carolina Aquino, Cesar Cantero, Fatima Fleitas, Juan Torales, Julio Barrios, Maria J. Ortega, Maria L. Gamarra, Shirley Villalba, Tania Alfonzo, Joilson Xavier, Talita Adelino, Hegger Fritsch, Felipe C.M. Iani, Glauco C. Pereira, Carla de Oliveira, Gabriel Schuab, Evandra S. Rodrigues, Simone Kashima, Juliana Leite, Lionel Gresh, Leticia Franco, Houriiyah Tegally, Wesley C. Van Voorhis, Richard Lessels, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Andrea Ojeda, Guillermo Sequera, Romeo Montoya, Edward C. Holmes, Tulio de Oliveira, Jairo M. Rico, José Lourenço, Vagner Fonseca, Luiz C.J. Alcantara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-09-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
chikungunya virus
viruses
rapid epidemic expansion
East/Central/South African lineage
ECSA lineage
genomic monitoring
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/9/23-0523_article

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