Epidemiology of Chikungunya Virus Outbreaks in Guadeloupe and Martinique, 2014: An Observational Study in Volunteer Blood Donors.

• Main Authors: Pierre Gallian (Author), Isabelle Leparc-Goffart (Author), Pascale Richard (Author), Françoise Maire (Author), Olivier Flusin (Author), Rachid Djoudi (Author), Jacques Chiaroni (Author), Remi Charrel (Author), Pierre Tiberghien (Author), Xavier de Lamballerie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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During Dec-2013, a chikungunya virus (CHIKV) outbreak was first detected in the French-West Indies. Subsequently, the virus dispersed to other Caribbean islands, continental America and many islands in the Pacific Ocean. Previous estimates of the attack rate were based on declaration of clinically s...