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

Giovanetti, Marta; Vazquez, Cynthia; Lima, Mauricio; Castro, Emerson; Rojas, Analia; Gomez de la Fuente, Andrea; Aquino, Carolina; Cantero, Cesar; Fleitas, Fatima; Torales, Juan; Barrios, Julio; Ortega, Maria J.; Gamarra, Maria L.; Villalba, Shirley; Alfonzo, Tania; Xavier, Joilson; Adelino, Talita; Fritsch, Hegger; Iani, Felipe C.M.; Pereira, Glauco C.; de Oliveira, Carla; Schuab, Gabriel; Rodrigues, Evandra S.; Kashima, Simone; Leite, Juliana; Gresh, Lionel; Franco, Leticia; Tegally, Houriiyah; Van Voorhis, Wesley C.; Lessels, Richard; de Filippis, Ana Maria Bispo; Ojeda, Andrea; Sequera, Guillermo; Montoya, Romeo; Holmes, Edward C.; de Oliveira, Tulio; Rico, Jairo M.; Lourenço, José; Fonseca, Vagner; Alcantara, Luiz C.J.

doi:10.3201/eid2909.230523

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

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9 2023
By Giovanetti, Marta ; Vazquez, Cynthia ; Lima, Mauricio ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Giovanetti, Marta ; Vazquez, Cynthia ; Lima, Mauricio ; Castro, Emerson ; Rojas, Analia ; Gomez de la Fuente, Andrea ; Aquino, Carolina ; Cantero, Cesar ; Fleitas, Fatima ; Torales, Juan ; Barrios, Julio ; Ortega, Maria J. ; Gamarra, Maria L. ; Villalba, Shirley ; Alfonzo, Tania ; Xavier, Joilson ; Adelino, Talita ; Fritsch, Hegger ; Iani, Felipe C.M. ; Pereira, Glauco C. ; de Oliveira, Carla ; Schuab, Gabriel ; Rodrigues, Evandra S. ; Kashima, Simone ; Leite, Juliana ; Gresh, Lionel ; Franco, Leticia ; Tegally, Houriiyah ; Van Voorhis, Wesley C. ; Lessels, Richard ; de Filippis, Ana Maria Bispo ; Ojeda, Andrea ; Sequera, Guillermo ; Montoya, Romeo ; Holmes, Edward C. ; de Oliveira, Tulio ; Rico, Jairo M. ; Lourenço, José ; Fonseca, Vagner ; Alcantara, Luiz C.J.
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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 Paraguay.
Subjects:

Chikungunya Virus Epidemics Genotype Humans Phylogeny
Keywords:

Chikungunya Fever Chikungunya Virus East/Central/South African Lineage ECSA Lineage Genomic Monitoring Meningitis/Encephalitis Paraguay Rapid Epidemic Expansion South Africa Vector-borne Infections Viruses
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(9):1859-1863
Pubmed ID:

37488810
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC10461647
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Journal Article
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U01 AI151698/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/
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Dispatch
Place as Subject:

Paraguay ; South Africa
Volume:

29
Issue:

9
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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