Characterizing the endemicity and disease burden of chikungunya virus infections among children in coastal Kenya
Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) is a viral illness of significant public health concern characterised by acute, often chronic, debilitating joint pain and polyarthritis. CHIKF is caused by the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus (CHIKV) that was first discovered in Tanzania in 1952. CHIKV re-emerged in coast...
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2022
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