How great is the threat of Chikungunya virus?
Autor(es): Waggoner Jesse J, Pinsky Benjamin A
Resumo: In the last decade, chikungunya virus has emerged from an obscure arbovirus that caused limited outbreaks of disease in Africa - Asia to the cause of a p-emic affecting millions of people - spanning five continents. Two separate chikungunya virus genotypes have been responsible for outbreaks during this period, including strains adapted to transmission in Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. Further spread of this virus into new regions of the Western Hemisphere is predicted during the present rainy season in the tropics, - recurrent viral introductions - disease outbreaks, as occurred in Réunion in 2010, should be expected. Chikungunya virus no longer simply threatens; it has arrived as a significant, global pathogen.
Palavras-Chave: Aedes albopictus; Alphavirus; Arbovirus; Chikungunya virus; Emerging infectious diseases
Imprenta: Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, v. 13, n. 3, p. 291-293, 2015
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1586/14787210.2015.995634
Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Arbovirus ; Chikungunya virus - Pathogenesis ; Chikungunya virus - Infectious diseases ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Transmission ; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemiology ; Chikungunya virus - Public health
Data de publicação: 2015
