A localized outbreak of Chikungunya virus in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

A localized Chikungunya virus (CHIKV; East/Central/South African genotype) outbreak (50 cases, 70% laboratory-confirmed; attack rate: 5.3 confirmed cases/100 people) occurred in a Salvador, Brazil neighborhood, between Apr-Jun/2017. Highly clustered cases in space and time, mostly along a single str...

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Main Authors: Laura B Tauro, Cristiane W Cardoso, Raquel L Souza, Leile CJ Nascimento, Daniela R dos Santos, Gubio S Campos, Silvia Sardi, Olivete B dos Reis, Mitermayer G Reis, Uriel Kitron, Guilherme S Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2019-02-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762019000100402&lng=en&tlng=en