Unrecognized Emergence of Chikungunya Virus during a Zika Virus Outbreak in Salvador, Brazil.

• Main Authors: Cristiane W Cardoso (Author), Mariana Kikuti (Author), Ana Paula P B Prates (Author), Igor A D Paploski (Author), Laura B Tauro (Author), Monaise M O Silva (Author), Perla Santana (Author), Marta F S Rego (Author), Mitermayer G Reis (Author), Uriel Kitron (Author), Guilherme S Ribeiro (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) entered Brazil in 2014, causing a large outbreak in Feira de Santana, state of Bahia. Although cases have been recorded in Salvador, the capital of Bahia, located ~100 km of Feira de Santana, CHIKV transmission has not been perceived to occur epidemically, largel...