Emergence of Chikungunya Virus, Pakistan, 2016–2017

During December 2016–May 2017, an outbreak of chikungunya virus infection occurred across Pakistan. The East/Central/South African genotype was predominant. This study provides baseline data on the virus strain and emphasizes the need for active surveillance and implementation of preventive interven...

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Autores principales: Badar, Nazish, Salman, Muhammad, Ansari, Jamil, Aamir, Uzma, Alam, Muhammad Masroor, Arshad, Yasir, Mushtaq, Nighat, Ikram, Aamer, Qazi, Javaria
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6986857/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31967539
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2602.171636
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author Badar, Nazish
Salman, Muhammad
Ansari, Jamil
Aamir, Uzma
Alam, Muhammad Masroor
Arshad, Yasir
Mushtaq, Nighat
Ikram, Aamer
Qazi, Javaria
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spelling pubmed-69868572020-02-06 Emergence of Chikungunya Virus, Pakistan, 2016–2017 Badar, Nazish Salman, Muhammad Ansari, Jamil Aamir, Uzma Alam, Muhammad Masroor Arshad, Yasir Mushtaq, Nighat Ikram, Aamer Qazi, Javaria Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch During December 2016–May 2017, an outbreak of chikungunya virus infection occurred across Pakistan. The East/Central/South African genotype was predominant. This study provides baseline data on the virus strain and emphasizes the need for active surveillance and implementation of preventive interventions to contain future outbreaks. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6986857/ /pubmed/31967539 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2602.171636 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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Qazi, Javaria
Emergence of Chikungunya Virus, Pakistan, 2016–2017
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title_short Emergence of Chikungunya Virus, Pakistan, 2016–2017
title_sort emergence of chikungunya virus, pakistan, 2016–2017
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31967539
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