Use of Household Cluster Investigations to Identify Factors Associated with Chikungunya Virus Infection and Frequency of Case Reporting in Puerto Rico

BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is transmitted by Aedes species mosquitoes and is the cause of an acute febrile illness characterized by potentially debilitating arthralgia. After emerging in the Caribbean in late 2013, the first locally-acquired case reported to public health authorities in P...

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Autores principales: Bloch, Danielle, Roth, Nicole M., Caraballo, Elba V., Muñoz-Jordan, Jorge, Hunsperger, Elizabeth, Rivera, Aidsa, Pérez-Padilla, Janice, Rivera Garcia, Brenda, Sharp, Tyler M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5072658/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27764085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005075

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