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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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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2015
Online Access:http://eprints.uanl.mx/14995/1/164.pdf
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Summary: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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