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Alternative Title:
F1000Res
Personal Author:
Petersen, Lyle R. ; Powers, Ann M.
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Description:
Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne alphavirus that causes fever and debilitating joint pains in humans. Joint pains may last months or years. It is vectored primarily by the tropical and sub-tropical mosquito, Aedes aegypti, but is also found to be transmitted by Aedes albopictus, a mosquito species that can also be found in more temperate climates. In recent years, the virus has risen from relative obscurity to become a global public health menace affecting millions of persons throughout the tropical and sub-tropical world and, as such, has also become a frequent cause of travel-associated febrile illness. In this review, we discuss our current understanding of the biological and sociological underpinnings of its emergence and its future global outlook.
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Alphavirus Articles Chikungunya Mosquito Review
Source:
F1000Res. 2016; 5.
Pubmed ID:
26918158
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4754000
Document Type:
Journal Article
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CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:e60225c5638014e8c4ca4d28897bb90c896685373d18fb65bc12fd3bad985824
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/38180/cdc_38180_DS1.pdf
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