Emerging Infectious Diseases (Nov 2015)

Chikungunya Virus as Cause of Febrile Illness Outbreak, Chiapas, Mexico, 2014

  • Tiffany F. Kautz,
  • Esteban E. Díaz-González,
  • Jesse H. Erasmus,
  • Iliana R. Malo-García,
  • Rose M. Langsjoen,
  • Edward I. Patterson,
  • Dawn I. Auguste,
  • Naomi L. Forrester,
  • Rosa Maria Sanchez-Casas,
  • Mauricio Hernández-Ávila,
  • Celia M. Alpuche-Aranda,
  • Nikos Vasilakis,
  • Ildefonso Fernández-Salas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.150546
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 11
pp. 2070 – 2073

Abstract

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Since chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was introduced into the Americas in 2013, its geographic distribution has rapidly expanded. Of 119 serum samples collected in 2014 from febrile patients in southern Mexico, 79% were positive for CHIKV or IgM against CHIKV. Sequencing results confirmed CHIKV strains closely related to Caribbean isolates.

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