Poverty and Arbovirus Outbreaks: When Chikungunya Virus Hits More Precarious Populations Than Dengue Virus in French Guiana | Zendy

Timothée Bonifay | Zendy; Maylis Douine | Zendy; C. Bonnefoy | Zendy; Benoît Hurpeau | Zendy; Mathieu Nacher | Zendy; Félix Djossou | Zendy; Loïc Epelboin | Zendy

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Poverty and Arbovirus Outbreaks: When Chikungunya Virus Hits More Precarious Populations Than Dengue Virus in French Guiana

Author(s) -

Timothée Bonifay,

Maylis Douine,

C. Bonnefoy,

Benoît Hurpeau,

Mathieu Nacher,

Félix Djossou,

Loïc Epelboin

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx247

Subject(s) - chikungunya , arbovirus , medicine , dengue fever , outbreak , dengue virus , population , odds ratio , confidence interval , virology , demography , virus , environmental health , sociology

The present results suggest that early in the epidemic, the populations most at risk for CHIKV infection were the most socially vulnerable populations in the poorest neighborhoods, whereas DENV appeared to have affected a richer population and richer areas.

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