Evidence for endemic chikungunya virus infections in Bandung, Indonesia.

• Main Authors: Herman Kosasih (Author), Quirijn de Mast (Author), Susana Widjaja (Author), Primal Sudjana (Author), Ungke Antonjaya (Author), Chairin Ma'roef (Author), Silvita Fitri Riswari (Author), Kevin R Porter (Author), Timothy H Burgess (Author), Bachti Alisjahbana (Author), Andre van der Ven (Author), Maya Williams (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is known to cause sporadic or explosive outbreaks. However, little is known about the endemic transmission of CHIKV. To ascertain the endemic occurrence of CHIKV transmission, we tested blood samples from patients with a non-dengue febrile illness who participated in a pros...