Reemergence of Chikungunya Virus in Bo, Sierra Leone

Ansumana, Rashid; Jacobsen, Kathryn H.; Leski, Tomasz A.; Covington, Andrea L.; Bangura, Umaru; Hodges, Mary H.; Lin, Baochuan; Bockarie, Alfred S.; Lamin, Joseph M.; Bockarie, Moses J.; Stenger, David A.

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Reemergence of Chikungunya Virus in Bo, Sierra Leone

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Jul 2013
By Ansumana, Rashid ; Jacobsen, Kathryn H. ; Leski, Tomasz A. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Ansumana, Rashid ; Jacobsen, Kathryn H. ; Leski, Tomasz A. ; Covington, Andrea L. ; Bangura, Umaru ; Hodges, Mary H. ; Lin, Baochuan ; Bockarie, Alfred S. ; Lamin, Joseph M. ; Bockarie, Moses J. ; Stenger, David A.
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We diagnosed 400 possible IgM-positive cases of chikungunya virus in Bo, Sierra Leone, during July 2012-January 2013 by using lateral flow immunoassays. Cases detected likely represent only a small fraction of total cases. Further laboratory testing is required to confirm this outbreak and characterize the virus.
Subjects:

Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Alphavirus Infections Antibodies, Viral Chikungunya Virus Child Communicable Diseases, Emerging Disease Outbreaks Female Humans Immunoglobulin M Male Middle Aged Monitoring, Immunologic Young Adult
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Emerg Infect Dis. 19(7):1108-1110.
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Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Sierra Leone
Location:

Africa
Volume:

19
Issue:

7
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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