Autor(es): Pinto M R, Filipe A R

Resumo: A yellow fever epidemic broke out in Lu-a, Angola, in January 1971 - was halted in less than 3 months by prompt mass vaccination - intensive antimosquito measures. Nine strains of yellow fever virus were isolated from hospitalized cases, but attempts to isolate the virus from Aedes aegypti mosquitos failed. A serological survey for antibodies to arboviruses in 589 sera from unvaccinated persons showed that two arboviruses were circulating in the epidemic area: the yellow fever virus - the Chikungunya virus responsible for an outbreak of dengue-like disease that occurred shortly before the yellow fever epidemic.

Imprenta: Bulletin of the World Health Organization, v. 49, n. 1, p. 31-35, 1973

Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Arbovirus ; Chikungunya virus - Flaviviridae ; Chikungunya virus - Pathogenesis ; Chikungunya virus - Proteins ; Chikungunya virus - Antibodies ; Chikungunya virus - Serology ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya virus - Serological diagnosis ; Chikungunya virus - Serology ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever ; Chikungunya virus - Dengue ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemic ; Chikungunya virus - Immunology

Data de publicação: 1973

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