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

Cad Saude Publica. 2015 May;31(5):906-8. doi: 10.1590/0102-311XPE020515.

[Article in English, Portuguese]

Authors

Nildimar Alves Honório¹, Daniel Cardoso Portela Câmara¹, Guilherme Amaral Calvet², Patrícia Brasil²

Affiliations

¹ Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
² Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

PMID: 26083166
DOI: 10.1590/0102-311XPE020515

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Aedes / virology*
Alphavirus Infections / transmission*
Alphavirus Infections / virology*
Animals
Brazil
Chikungunya virus*
Humans
Insect Vectors / virology*