Chikungunya virus spreads in the Americas — Caribbean and South America, 2013-2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn , Issue 22, 2014, Pages 500-501

  Fischer, Marc ^a   Erin Staples, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AMERICA; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84901774284     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

References (4)

1. CDC. Chikungunya virus. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2014. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya.
2. Staples JE, Hills SL, Powers AM. Chikungunya. In: CDC health information for international travel, 2014. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2013:156-8. Available at http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2014/chapter-3-infectious-diseases-related-to-travel/chikungunya.
3. Pan American Health Organization and CDC. Preparedness and response for chikungunya virus introduction in the Americas. Washington, DC: Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization; 2011. Available at http://new.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=16984&itemid.
4. Gibney KB, Fischer M, Prince HE, St. George K, Staples JE. Chikungunya fever in the United States: a fifteen year review of cases. Clin Infect Dis 2011;52:e121-6.