Sylvatic Transmission of Chikungunya Virus among Nonhuman Primates in Myanmar

Authors :: Evans, Tierra Smiley
Aung, Ohnmar
Cords, Olivia
Coffey, Lark L.
Wong, Talia
Weiss, Christopher M.
Maw, Min Thein
Yee, JoAnn
Venkateswaran, Kodumudi
Venkateswaran, Neeraja
Nham, Peter
Van Rompay, Koen K.A.
Morris, Mary Kate
Oceguera, Leo
Werthimer, William
Hanson, Carl
Valitutto, Marc
Tun, Kyaw Yan Naing
Win, Ye Tun
Thein, Wai Zin
Murray, Susan
Thu, Hlaing Myat
Johnson, Christine K.
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. December 2022, Vol. 28 Issue 12, p2548, 4 p.
Publication Year :: 2022
Abstract: Several endemic and emerging arboviruses, such as chikungunya (CHIKV), Zika (ZIKV), and dengue (DENV) viruses, have evolutionary origins in nonhuman primates (NHPs) (2,2). These pathogens have adapted sylvatic to urban [...]

Subjects :: Identification and classification
Distribution
Risk factors
Health aspects
Company distribution practices
Primates -- Health aspects
Disease transmission -- Risk factors
Arbovirus diseases -- Risk factors
Chikungunya virus -- Identification and classification -- Distribution

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