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Chikungunya: an arbovirus infection in the process of establishment and expansion in Brazil.

Authors :
Honório, Nildimar Alves
Portela Câmara, Daniel Cardoso
Calvet, Guilherme Amaral
Brasil, Patrícia
Source :
Cadernos de Saude Publica; May2015, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p1-3, 3p
Publication Year :
2015

Abstract

The article argues on mosquito-borne arboviruses such as dengue virus (DENV) and chikungunya virus (CHIKV) epidemics in Brazil which are both transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes (Ae) particularly Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0102311X
Volume :
31
Issue :
5
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Cadernos de Saude Publica
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
108492708
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-311XPE020515