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Editorial
. 2014 Jun 26;8(6):e2921.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002921. eCollection 2014 Jun.

Arrival of chikungunya virus in the new world: prospects for spread and impact on public health

Scott C Weaver  1
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Editorial

Arrival of chikungunya virus in the new world: prospects for spread and impact on public health

Scott C Weaver. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. .
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Conflict of interest statement

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: The author is an inventor of a patent for alphavirus attenuation.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Map showing the distribution of chikungunya virus enzootic strains in Africa and the emergence and spread of the Asian lineage (red arrows and dots) and the Indian Ocean lineage (yellow arrows and dots) from Africa.
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