Use of Household Cluster Investigations to Identify Factors Associated with Chikungunya Virus Infection and Frequency of Case Reporting in Puerto Rico.
BACKGROUND:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes and is the cause of an acute febrile illness characterized by potentially debilitating arthralgia. After emerging in the Caribbean in late 2013, the first locally-acquired case reported to public health authorities in Pu...
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Main Authors: | Danielle Bloch (Author), Nicole M Roth (Author), Elba V Caraballo (Author), Jorge Muñoz-Jordan (Author), Elizabeth Hunsperger (Author), Aidsa Rivera (Author), Janice Pérez-Padilla (Author), Brenda Rivera Garcia (Author), Tyler M Sharp (Author) |
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2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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