Possible vertical transmission of Chikungunya virus infection detected in the cord blood samples from a birth cohort in Vietnam

• Main Authors: Mya Myat Ngwe Tun (Author), Elizabeth Ajema Chebichi Luvai (Author), Michiko Toizumi (Author), Masako Moriuchi (Author), Yuki Takamatsu (Author), Shingo Inoue (Author), Takeshi Urano (Author), Minh Xuan Bui (Author), Do Thai Hung (Author), Hien-Anh Thi Nguyen (Author), Dang Duc Anh (Author), Lay-Myint Yoshida (Author), Hiroyuki Moriuchi (Author), Kouichi Morita (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus (genus Alphavirus, family Togaviridae) that is primarily transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes, and can be transmitted from mother to child. Little is known about CHIKV transmission in Vietnam, where dengue is endemic and Aedes mosquitoes ar...