Chikungunya Virus as Cause of Febrile Illness Outbreak, Chiapas, Mexico, 2014.
Since chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was introduced into the Americas in 2013, its geographic distribution has rapidly expanded. Of 119 serum samples collected in 2014 from febrile patients in southern Mexico, 79% were positive for CHIKV or IgM against CHIKV. Sequencing results confirmed CHIKV strains closely related to Caribbean isolates.
Tiffany F
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Kautz
Esteban E
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Díaz-González
Jesse H
JH
Erasmus
Iliana R
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Malo-García
Rose M
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Langsjoen
Edward I
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Patterson
Dawn I
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Auguste
Naomi L
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Forrester
Rosa Maria
RM
Sanchez-Casas
Mauricio
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Hernández-Ávila
Celia M
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Alpuche-Aranda
Scott C
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Weaver
Ildefonso
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Fernández-Salas
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D065632:Chikungunya Fever / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000821:virology; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
D000914:Antibodies, Viral
Aedes; Mexico; Pan American Health Organization; alphavirus; arboviruses; arthralgia; chikungunya virus; disease outbreaks; phylogeny; public health; vector-borne infections; viruses