Exploring the Chikungunya virus landscape in a dengue-endemic Brazilian area

• Main Authors: Debora Glenda Lima de La Roque (Author), Elaine Vieira Santos (Author), Lucca Rocha Policastro (Author), Péricles Natan Mendes da Costa (Author), Mariane Evaristo (Author), Aparecida Yulie Yamamoto (Author), Denise Bergamaschi Giomo (Author), Paula Marilia Afonso Torres (Author), Danielle Cristina Dacanal Gentil (Author), Elaine Cristina Manini Minto (Author), Svetoslav Nanev Slavov (Author), Vagner Fonseca (Author), Claudia Renata dos Santos Barros (Author), Antonio Jorge Martins (Author), Rodrigo Tocantins Calado (Author), Luzia Márcia Romanholi Passos (Author), Maria Carolina Elias (Author), Sandra Coccuzzo Sampaio (Author), Marta Giovanetti (Author), Dimas Tadeu Covas (Author), Luiz Carlos Júnior Alcântara (Author), Simone Kashima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We aimed to describe the landscape, including molecular, epidemiological, and clinical aspects of CHIKV infections in the Ribeirao Preto region, an area endemic to dengue. We randomly screened 3744 plasma samples that had undergone DENV diagnosis to evaluate CHIKV-RNA using an in-house RT-PCR assay....