Chikungunya Outbreak in Kedougou, Southeastern Senegal in 2009–2010
Author(s) -
Abdourahmane Sow,
Oumar Faye,
Mawlouth Diallo,
Diawo Diallo,
Rubing Chen,
Ousmane Faye,
Cheikh Tidiane Diagne,
Mathilde Guerbois,
Manfred Weidmann,
Youssoupha Ndiaye,
Cheikh Sadibou Senghor,
Abdourahmane Faye,
Ousmane M. Diop,
Bakary Djilocalisse Sadio,
Oumar Ndiaye,
Douglas M. Watts,
Kathryn A. Hanley,
Anta Tal Dia,
Denis Malvy,
Scott C. Weaver,
Amadou Alpha Sall
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/ofx259
Subject(s) - chikungunya , virology , outbreak , medicine , virus , vector (molecular biology) , myalgia , alphavirus , antibody , alphavirus infection , arbovirus , biology , immunology , recombinant dna , biochemistry , gene
Our findings further documented that CHIKV is maintained in a sylvatic transmission cycle among monkeys and mosquitoes in Kedougou, and humans become infected by exposure to the virus in the forest.
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