Sustained Low-Level Transmission of Zika and Chikungunya Viruses after Emergence in the Fiji Islands.
Mike Kama;
Maite Aubry;
Taina Naivalu;
Jessica Vanhomwegen;
Teheipuaura Mariteragi-Helle;
Anita Teissier;
Tuterarii Paoaafaite;
Stéphane Hué;
Martin L Hibberd;
Jean-Claude Manuguerra;
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Ketan Christi;
Conall H Watson;
Eric J Nilles;
John Aaskov;
Colleen L Lau;
Didier Musso;
Adam J Kucharski ;
Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau;
(2019)
Sustained Low-Level Transmission of Zika and Chikungunya Viruses after Emergence in the Fiji Islands.
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 25 (8).
pp. 1535-1538.
ISSN 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid2508.180524
Zika and chikungunya viruses were first detected in Fiji in 2015. Examining surveillance and phylogenetic and serologic data, we found evidence of low-level transmission of Zika and chikungunya viruses during 2013-2017, in contrast to the major outbreaks caused by closely related virus strains in other Pacific Island countries.
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Elements ID | 134948 |
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8814-9421