Emerging Infectious Diseases (Sep 2023)

Rapid Epidemic Expansion of Chikungunya Virus East/Central/South African Lineage, Paraguay

  • Marta Giovanetti,
  • Cynthia Vazquez,
  • Mauricio Lima,
  • Emerson Castro,
  • Analia Rojas,
  • Andrea Gomez de la Fuente,
  • Carolina Aquino,
  • Cesar Cantero,
  • Fatima Fleitas,
  • Juan Torales,
  • Julio Barrios,
  • Maria J. Ortega,
  • Maria L. Gamarra,
  • Shirley Villalba,
  • Tania Alfonzo,
  • Joilson Xavier,
  • Talita Adelino,
  • Hegger Fritsch,
  • Felipe C.M. Iani,
  • Glauco C. Pereira,
  • Carla de Oliveira,
  • Gabriel Schuab,
  • Evandra S. Rodrigues,
  • Simone Kashima,
  • Juliana Leite,
  • Lionel Gresh,
  • Leticia Franco,
  • Houriiyah Tegally,
  • Wesley C. Van Voorhis,
  • Richard Lessels,
  • Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis,
  • Andrea Ojeda,
  • Guillermo Sequera,
  • Romeo Montoya,
  • Edward C. Holmes,
  • Tulio de Oliveira,
  • Jairo M. Rico,
  • José Lourenço,
  • Vagner Fonseca,
  • Luiz C.J. Alcantara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230523
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 9
pp. 1859 – 1863

Abstract

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The spread of Chikungunya virus is a major public health concern in the Americas. There were >120,000 cases and 51 deaths in 2023, of which 46 occurred in Paraguay. Using a suite of genomic, phylodynamic, and epidemiologic techniques, we characterized the ongoing large chikungunya epidemic in Paraguay.

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