An Outbreak of Chikungunya in Rural Bangladesh, 2011.

• Main Authors: Selina Khatun (Author), Apurba Chakraborty (Author), Mahmudur Rahman (Author), Nuzhat Nasreen Banu (Author), Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman (Author), S M Murshid Hasan (Author), Stephen P Luby (Author), Emily S Gurley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The first identified Chikungunya outbreak occurred in Bangladesh in 2008. In late October 2011, a local health official from Dohar Sub-district, Dhaka District, reported an outbreak of undiagnosed fever and joint pain. We investigated the outbreak to confirm the etiology, describe the clinical prese...