| Literature DB >> 20207882 |
Ximena Collao1, Ana I Negredo, Jorge Cano, Antonio Tenorio, Fernando de Ory, Agustin Benito, Mar Masia, María-Paz Sánchez-Seco.
Abstract
Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne virus that causes an acute febrile infection and severe arthralgia and is considered a re-emergent pathogen. During a study investigating arboviruses causing febrile infection in infants in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, the genome of this virus was amplified from blood samples during near two rainy seasons (2002-2003). In 2006, this virus was isolated from a traveler returning to Spain from Equatorial Guinea. These results show that chikungunya virus is present in this country and two lineages are circulating. Thus, this virus should be considered in the differential diagnosis of febrile syndromes in inhabitants and in travelers returning from this country.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20207882 PMCID: PMC2829918 DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0435
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Trop Med Hyg ISSN: 0002-9637 Impact factor: 2.345