Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2016)

Chikungunya Virus in Febrile Humans and Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes, Yucatan, Mexico

  • Nohemi Cigarroa-Toledo,
  • Bradley J. Blitvich,
  • Rosa C. Cetina-Trejo,
  • Lourdes G. Talavera-Aguilar,
  • Carlos M. Baak-Baak,
  • Oswaldo M. Torres-Chablé,
  • Md-Nafiz Hamid,
  • Iddo Friedberg,
  • Pedro González-Martinez,
  • Gabriela Alonzo-Salomon,
  • Elsy P. Rosado-Paredes,
  • Nubia Rivero-Cárdenas,
  • Guadalupe C. Reyes-Solis,
  • Jose A. Farfan-Ale,
  • Julian E. Garcia-Rejon,
  • Carlos Machain-Williams

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2210.152087
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 10
pp. 1804 – 1807

Abstract

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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was isolated from 12 febrile humans in Yucatan, Mexico, in 2015. One patient was co-infected with dengue virus type 1. Two additional CHIKV isolates were obtained from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes collected in the homes of patients. Phylogenetic analysis showed that the CHIKV isolates belong to the Asian lineage.

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