Chikungunya Outbreak in the Republic of the Congo, 2019—Epidemiological, Virological and Entomological Findings of a South-North Multidisciplinary Taskforce Investigation

The Republic of Congo (RoC) declared a chikungunya (CHIK) outbreak on 9 February 2019. We conducted a ONE-Human-Animal HEALTH epidemiological, virological and entomological investigation. Methods:<b> </b>We collected national surveillance and epidemiological data. CHIK diagnosis was base...

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Main Authors: Francesco Vairo, Martin Parfait Aimè Coussoud-Mavoungou, Francine Ntoumi, Concetta Castilletti, Lambert Kitembo, Najmul Haider, Fabrizio Carletti, Francesca Colavita, Cesare E.M. Gruber, Marco Iannetta, Francesco Messina, Simone Lanini, Biez Ulrich Judicaël, Emanuela Giombini, Chiara Montaldo, Chantal Portella, Steve Diafouka-Diatela, Martina Rueca, Richard Kock, Barbara Bartolini, Leonard Mboera, Vincent Munster, Robert Fischer, Stephanie Seifert, César Muñoz-Fontela, Beatriz Escudero-Pérez, Sergio Gomez-Medina, Emily V. Nelson, Patrick Kjia Tungu, Emanuele Nicastri, Vincenzo Puro, Antonino Di Caro, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo, Alimuddin Zumla, Giuseppe Ippolito, the Pandora-ID-NET consortium Chikungunya Outbreak Group Taskforce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Viruses
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/9/1020