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Chikungunya Virus as Cause of Febrile Illness Outbreak, Chiapas, Mexico, 2014

2015; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 21; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid2111.150546

1080-6059

Tiffany F. Kautz, Esteban E. Díaz‐González, Jesse H. Erasmus, Iliana R. Malo‐García, Rose M. Langsjoen, Edward I. Patterson, Dawn I. Auguste, Naomi L. Forrester, Rosa Sánchez‐Casas, Mauricio Hernández‐Ávila, Celia Alpuche‐Aranda, Scott C. Weaver, Ildefonso Fernández‐Salas,

Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

Since chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was introduced into the Americas in 2013, its geographic distribution has rapidly expanded. 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.