Seroprevalence of alphavirus antibodies in a cross-sectional study in southwestern Tanzania suggests endemic circulation of chikungunya.

• Main Authors: Nina Weller (Author), Petra Clowes (Author), Gerhard Dobler (Author), Elmar Saathoff (Author), Inge Kroidl (Author), Nyanda Elias Ntinginya (Author), Leonard Maboko (Author), Thomas Löscher (Author), Michael Hoelscher (Author), Norbert Heinrich (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: To date, Alphavirus infections and their most prominent member, chikungunya fever, a viral disease which first became apparent in Tanzania in 1953, have been very little investigated in regions without epidemic occurrence. Few data exist on burden of disease and socio-economic and enviro...