Emerging Microbes and Infections (Dec 2024)
Genomic and eco-epidemiological investigations in Uruguay reveal local Chikungunya virus transmission dynamics during its expansion across the Americas in 2023
- Analía Burgueño,
- Marta Giovanetti,
- Vagner Fonseca,
- Noelia Morel,
- Mauricio Lima,
- Emerson Castro,
- Natália R. Guimarães,
- Felipe C. M. Iani,
- Victoria Bormida,
- Maria Noel Cortinas,
- Viviana Ramas,
- Leticia Coppola,
- Ana I. Bento,
- Leticia Franco,
- Jairo Mendez Rico,
- José Lourenço,
- Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara,
- Hector Chiparelli
Affiliations
- Analía Burgueño
- Laboratorio de Virus Emergentes/reemergentes. Unidad de Virología, Departamento de Laboratorios de Salud Pública Montevideo, Uruguay
- Marta Giovanetti
- Department of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Development and One Health, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy
- Vagner Fonseca
- Department of Exact and Earth Sciences, University of the State of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil
- Noelia Morel
- Laboratorio de Virus Emergentes/reemergentes. Unidad de Virología, Departamento de Laboratorios de Salud Pública Montevideo, Uruguay
- Mauricio Lima
- Laboratorio Central de Saúde Pública do Estado de Minas Gerais, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Emerson Castro
- Laboratorio Central de Saúde Pública do Estado de Minas Gerais, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Natália R. Guimarães
- Laboratorio Central de Saúde Pública do Estado de Minas Gerais, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Felipe C. M. Iani
- Laboratorio Central de Saúde Pública do Estado de Minas Gerais, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Victoria Bormida
- Laboratorio de Genómica Departamento de Laboratorios de Salud Pública, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Maria Noel Cortinas
- Laboratorio de Genómica Departamento de Laboratorios de Salud Pública, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Viviana Ramas
- Laboratorio de Virus Respiratorios, Unidad de Virología. Departamento de Laboratorios de Salud Pública, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Leticia Coppola
- Laboratorio de Virus Respiratorios, Unidad de Virología. Departamento de Laboratorios de Salud Pública, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Ana I. Bento
- Pandemic Prevention Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation, Washington, DC, USA
- Leticia Franco
- Infectious Hazards Management, Health Emergencies Department (PHE), Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Washington DC, USA
- Jairo Mendez Rico
- Infectious Hazards Management, Health Emergencies Department (PHE), Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Washington DC, USA
- José Lourenço
- Faculty of Medicine, Católica Biomedical Research Center, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara
- Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Hector Chiparelli
- Departamento de Laboratorios de Salud Pública, Unidad de Virología, Montevideo, Uruguay
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2024.2332672
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
Abstract
ABSTRACTUruguay experienced its first Chikungunya virus outbreak in 2023, resulting in a significant burden to its healthcare system. We conducted analysis based on real-time genomic surveillance (30 novel whole genomes) to offer timely insights into recent local transmission dynamics and eco-epidemiological factors behind its emergence and spread in the country.
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