First reported chikungunya fever outbreak in the republic of Congo, 2011.

Chikungunya is an Aedes -borne disease characterised by febrile arthralgia and responsible for massive outbreaks. We present a prospective clinical cohort study and a retrospective serological study relating to a CHIK outbreak, in the Republic of Congo in 2011.We analysed 317 suspected cases, of whi...

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Main Authors: Nanikaly Moyen, Simon-Djamel Thiberville, Boris Pastorino, Antoine Nougairede, Laurence Thirion, Jean-Vivien Mombouli, Yannick Dimi, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, Amelia Dzia Lepfoundzou, Xavier de Lamballerie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4277398?pdf=render