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Chikungunya fever in Africa: a systematic review
- Source :
- Pathog Glob Health
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Since the identification of chikungunya virus (CHIKV), sporadic cases and outbreaks were reported in several African countries, on the Indian subcontinent, and in south-east Asia. In the last 20 years, there is a growing number of reports of CHIKV infections from African countries, but the overall picture of its circulation at the continent level remains ill-characterized because of under-diagnosis and under-reporting. Moreover, the public health impact of the infection in Africa is generally poorly understood, especially during outbreak situations. Our work has the aim to review available data on CHIKV circulation in Africa to facilitate the understanding of underlying reasons of its increased detection in the African continent.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
viruses
030231 tropical medicine
030106 microbiology
serology
Review
Chikungunya fever
medicine.disease_cause
Microbiology
Arbovirus
Virus
Serology
Disease Outbreaks
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Aedes
Seroepidemiologic Studies
medicine
Animals
Humans
Chikungunya
africa
arbovirus
chikungunya virus
epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Outbreak
virus diseases
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Virology
Indian subcontinent
Infectious Diseases
Geography
Africa
Chikungunya Fever
Parasitology
Chikungunya virus
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20477732
- Volume :
- 114
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pathogens and global health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dbb96aabef67f7bf193df41cad249296