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Chikungunya Virus as Cause of Febrile Illness Outbreak, Chiapas, Mexico, 2014

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 cl...

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Autores principales: Kautz, Tiffany F., Díaz González, Esteban Eduardo, Erasmus, Jesse H., Malo García, Iliana Rosalía, Langsjoen, Rose M., Patterson, Edward I., Auguste, Dawn I., Forrester, Naomi L., Sánchez Casas, Rosa María, Hernández Ávila, Mauricio, Alpuche Aranda, Celia M., Weaver, Scott C., Fernández Salas, Ildefonso
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2015
Acceso en línea:http://eprints.uanl.mx/14995/1/164.pdf
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Sumario: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.

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