Epidemiology of Chikungunya Virus in Bahia, Brazil, 2014-2015

• Published in: PLoS Currents
• Main Authors: Rodrigues Faria, Nuno, Lourenço, José, Marques de Cerqueira, Erenilde, Maia de Lima, Maricélia, Pybus, Oliver, Carlos Junior Alcantara, Luiz
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2016
• Subjects: Discussion; Martin Island; Wave Peak
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4747681/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330849; https://doi.org/10.1371/currents.outbreaks.c97507e3e48efb946401755d468c28b2

Chikungunya is an emerging arbovirus that is characterized into four lineages. One of these, the Asian genotype, has spread rapidly in the Americas after its introduction in the Saint Martin island in October 2013. Unexpectedly, a new lineage, the East-Central-South African genotype, was introduced...