Chikungunya is an emerging arbovirus that is characterized into four lineages. One of these,
the Asian genotype, has spread rapidly in the Americas after its introduction in the Saint …

Background Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging arbovirus that is causing
outbreaks in several countries of the Americas. The virus was introduced in Brazil in 2014 …

Abstract Background In December 2013, an outbreak of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) caused
by the Asian genotype was notified in the Caribbean. The outbreak has since spread to 38 …

A localized Chikungunya virus (CHIKV; East/Central/South African genotype) outbreak (50
cases, 70% laboratory-confirmed; attack rate: 5.3 confirmed cases/100 people) occurred in a …

Background The emergence of the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is currently expanding. In
2015, 38,332 cases of Chikungunya were reported to the Brazilian epidemiological …

Background: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus that causes an acute febrile
syndrome with a severe and debilitating arthralgia. In Brazil, the Asian and East-Central …

For the first time in history it was documented an indigenous transmission of Chikungunya
fever in the Americas in the Caribbean in 2013. Then it has been confirmed in Oiapoque the …

Within the group of emerging and reemerging infectious diseases, mosquito-borne
arboviruses like dengue virus (DENV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV) are considered …

Currently, Brazil lives a triple arboviruses epidemic (DENV, ZIKV and CHIKV) making the
differential diagnosis difficult for health professionals. Here, we aimed to investigate …

The emergence of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has raised serious concerns due to the virus'
rapid dissemination into new geographic areas and the clinical features associated with …