Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2022)

Sylvatic Transmission of Chikungunya Virus among Nonhuman Primates in Myanmar

  • Tierra Smiley Evans,
  • Ohnmar Aung,
  • Olivia Cords,
  • Lark L. Coffey,
  • Talia Wong,
  • Christopher M. Weiss,
  • Min Thein Maw,
  • JoAnn Yee,
  • Kodumudi Venkateswaran,
  • Neeraja Venkateswaran,
  • Peter Nham,
  • Koen K.A. Van Rompay,
  • Mary Kate Morris,
  • Leo Oceguera,
  • William Werthimer,
  • Carl Hanson,
  • Marc Valitutto,
  • Kyaw Yan Naing Tun,
  • Ye Tun Win,
  • Wai Zin Thein,
  • Susan Murray,
  • Hlaing Myat Thu,
  • Christine K. Johnson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.220893
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 12
pp. 2548 – 2551

Abstract

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Nonhuman primates living in proximity to humans increase risks for sylvatic arbovirus transmission. We collected serum samples from nonhuman primates in Hlawga National Park near Yangon, Myanmar, and detected antibodies against chikungunya (33%) and Japanese encephalitis (4%) viruses. Buffer zones between primate and human communities might reduce cross-species arbovirus transmission.

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