Reemergence of Chikungunya Virus in Bo, Sierra Leone

We diagnosed 400 possible IgM-positive cases of chikungunya virus in Bo, Sierra Leone, during July 2012–January 2013 by using lateral flow immunoassays. Cases detected likely represent only a small fraction of total cases. Further laboratory testing is required to confirm this outbreak and character...

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Autores principales: Ansumana, Rashid, Jacobsen, Kathryn H., Leski, Tomasz A., Covington, Andrea L., Bangura, Umaru, Hodges, Mary H., Lin, Baochuan, Bockarie, Alfred S., Lamin, Joseph M., Bockarie, Moses J., Stenger, David A.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23764023
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.121563
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author Ansumana, Rashid
Jacobsen, Kathryn H.
Leski, Tomasz A.
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Bangura, Umaru
Hodges, Mary H.
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Bockarie, Alfred S.
Lamin, Joseph M.
Bockarie, Moses J.
Stenger, David A.
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spelling pubmed-37139742013-07-30 Reemergence of Chikungunya Virus in Bo, Sierra Leone Ansumana, Rashid Jacobsen, Kathryn H. Leski, Tomasz A. Covington, Andrea L. Bangura, Umaru Hodges, Mary H. Lin, Baochuan Bockarie, Alfred S. Lamin, Joseph M. Bockarie, Moses J. Stenger, David A. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We diagnosed 400 possible IgM-positive cases of chikungunya virus in Bo, Sierra Leone, during July 2012–January 2013 by using lateral flow immunoassays. Cases detected likely represent only a small fraction of total cases. Further laboratory testing is required to confirm this outbreak and characterize the virus. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3713974/ /pubmed/23764023 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.121563 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Ansumana, Rashid
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Leski, Tomasz A.
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Bangura, Umaru
Hodges, Mary H.
Lin, Baochuan
Bockarie, Alfred S.
Lamin, Joseph M.
Bockarie, Moses J.
Stenger, David A.
Reemergence of Chikungunya Virus in Bo, Sierra Leone
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title_sort reemergence of chikungunya virus in bo, sierra leone
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23764023
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.121563
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