Chikungunya in the Caribbean: An Epidemic in the Making

Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne virus that has shown increased prevalence in the Caribbean since October 2013. There have been several outbreaks throughout Asian and African countries over the past few decades with global travel and tourism having a major impact on the further spread of this disease...

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Autores principales: Mowatt, Lizette, Jackson, Sandra T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4269617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25245516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40121-014-0043-9
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description Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne virus that has shown increased prevalence in the Caribbean since October 2013. There have been several outbreaks throughout Asian and African countries over the past few decades with global travel and tourism having a major impact on the further spread of this disease. Improved policies and practices for preventative measures and epidemiological surveillance must be implemented to prevent the continued transmission of chikungunya. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s40121-014-0043-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-42696172014-12-19 Chikungunya in the Caribbean: An Epidemic in the Making Mowatt, Lizette Jackson, Sandra T. Infect Dis Ther Commentary Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne virus that has shown increased prevalence in the Caribbean since October 2013. There have been several outbreaks throughout Asian and African countries over the past few decades with global travel and tourism having a major impact on the further spread of this disease. Improved policies and practices for preventative measures and epidemiological surveillance must be implemented to prevent the continued transmission of chikungunya. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s40121-014-0043-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer Healthcare 2014-09-23 2014-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4269617/ /pubmed/25245516 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40121-014-0043-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2014 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
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