Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2019)

Sustained Low-Level Transmission of Zika and Chikungunya Viruses after Emergence in the Fiji Islands

  • Mike Kama,
  • Maite Aubry,
  • Taina Naivalu,
  • Jessica Vanhomwegen,
  • Teheipuaura Mariteragi-Helle,
  • Anita Teissier,
  • Tuterarii Paoaafaite,
  • Stéphane Hué,
  • Martin L. Hibberd,
  • Jean-Claude Manuguerra,
  • Ketan Christi,
  • Conall H. Watson,
  • Eric J. Nilles,
  • John Aaskov,
  • Colleen L. Lau,
  • Didier Musso,
  • Adam J. Kucharski,
  • Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2508.180524
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 8
pp. 1535 – 1538

Abstract

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Zika and chikungunya viruses were first detected in Fiji in 2015. Examining surveillance and phylogenetic and serologic data, we found evidence of low-level transmission of Zika and chikungunya viruses during 2013–2017, in contrast to the major outbreaks caused by closely related virus strains in other Pacific Island countries.

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