Open AccessChikungunya Virus in the Americas — What a Vectorborne Pathogen Can Do
Author(s) -
J. Erin Staples,
Marc Fischer
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmp1407698
Subject(s) - chikungunya , virology , medicine , pathogen , chikungunya fever , virus , covid-19 , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , disease
As of early August, more than half a million cases of chikungunya virus infection had been reported in the Americas. The rapid spread is probably attributable to a lack of population immunity and the broad distribution in the Americas of vectors capable of transmitting the virus.
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