Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jul 2013)

Reemergence of Chikungunya Virus in Bo, Sierra Leone

  • Rashid Ansumana,
  • Kathryn H. Jacobsen,
  • Tomasz A. Leski,
  • Andrea L. Covington,
  • Umaru Bangura,
  • Mary H. Hodges,
  • Baochuan Lin,
  • Alfred S. Bockarie,
  • Joseph M. Lamin,
  • Moses J. Bockarie,
  • David A. Stenger

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.121563
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 7
pp. 1108 – 1110

Abstract

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We diagnosed 400 possible IgM-positive cases of chikungunya virus in Bo, Sierra Leone, during July 2012–January 2013 by using lateral flow immunoassays. Cases detected likely represent only a small fraction of total cases. Further laboratory testing is required to confirm this outbreak and characterize the virus.

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