A localized outbreak of Chikungunya virus in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

A localized outbreak of Chikungunya virus in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

A localized Chikungunya virus (CHIKV; East/Central/South African genotype) outbreak (50 cases, 70% laboratory-confirmed; attack rate: 5.3 confirmed cases/100 people) occurred in a Salvador, Brazil neighborhood, between Apr-Jun/2017. Highly clustered cases in space and time, mostly along a single street, highlight an increased risk of CHIKV transmission among pockets of susceptible populations. This finding underscores the need for ongoing local level surveillance for arboviral outbreaks.

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Main Authors: Tauro,Laura B, Cardoso,Cristiane W, Souza,Raquel L, Nascimento,Leile CJ, Santos,Daniela R dos, Campos,Gubio S, Sardi,Silvia, Reis,Olivete B dos, Reis,Mitermayer G, Kitron,Uriel, Ribeiro,Guilherme S
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2019
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762019000100402
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