Rapid Epidemic Expansion of Chikungunya Virus East/Central/South African Lineage, Paraguay

Marta Giovanetti, Cynthia Vázquez, Maurício Lima, Analia Rojas, Andrea Gómez de la Fuente, Carolina Aquino, Cesar Cantero, Fatima Fleitas, Juan Torales, Julio César Quiroz Barrios,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2023 · 45 citations · 6 references

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The spread of Chikungunya virus is a major public health concern in the Americas. There were >120,000 cases and 51 deaths in 2023, of which 46 occurred in Paraguay. Using a suite of genomic, phylodynamic, and epidemiologic techniques, we characterized the ongoing large chikungunya epidemic in Paraguay.

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