Serological Evidence of Chikungunya Virus among Acute Febrile Patients in Southern Mozambique.

• Main Authors: Eduardo Samo Gudo (Author), Gabriela Pinto (Author), Sirkka Vene (Author), Arcildo Mandlaze (Author), Argentina Felisbela Muianga (Author), Julie Cliff (Author), Kerstin Falk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:In the last two decades, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has rapidly expanded to several geographical areas, causing frequent outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, South America, and Europe. Therefore, the disease remains heavily neglected in Mozambique, and no recent study has been...