Epidemiologic and clinical investigations during a chikungunya outbreak in Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil.

The first autochthonous case of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection in Brazil was in September 2014 in the State of Amapá, and from there it rapidly spread across the country. The present study was conducted in 2016 in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, and the aims were to describe the epidemiologic...

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Main Authors: Joelma D Monteiro, Joanna Gardel Valverde, Ingryd Camara Morais, Cassio Ricardo de Medeiros Souza, João Ciro Fagundes Neto, Marília Farias de Melo, Yasmin Mesquita Nascimento, Brenda Elen Bizerra Alves, Leandro Gurgel de Medeiros, Hannaly W Bezerra Pereira, Anne Aline Pereira de Paiva, Diego G Teixeira, Márcia Cristina Bernardo de Melo Moura, Alessandre de Medeiros Tavares, José Veríssimo Fernandes, Selma M B Jeronimo, Josélio M G Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241799