Autor(es): Kautz Tiffany F, Díaz-González Esteban E, Erasmus Jesse H, Malo-García Iliana R, Langsjoen Rose M, Patterson Edward I, Auguste Dawn I, Forrester Naomi L, Sanchez-Casas Rosa Maria, Hernández-Ávila Mauricio, Alpuche-Aranda Celia M, Weaver Scott C, Fernández-Salas Ildefonso

Resumo: Since chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was introduced into the Americas in 2013, its geographic distribution has rapidly exp-ed. 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.

Palavras-Chave: Aedes; Mexico; Pan American Health Organization; Alphavirus; Arboviruses; Arthralgia; Chikungunya virus; Disease outbreaks; Phylogeny; Public health; Vector-borne infections; Viruses

Imprenta: Emerging Infectious Diseases, v. 21, n. 11, p. 2070-2073, 2015

Identificador do Objeto Digital: 10.3201/eid2111.150546

Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Arbovirus ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Public health

Data de Publicação: 2015