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. 2014 Sep 4;371(10):887-9.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1407698.

Chikungunya virus in the Americas--what a vectorborne pathogen can do

J Erin Staples  1 , Marc Fischer
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Chikungunya virus in the Americas--what a vectorborne pathogen can do

J Erin Staples et al. N Engl J Med. .
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Figure. Countries and Territories with Autochthonous Transmission or Imported Cases of Chikungunya Virus Infection, as of August 1, 2014
Data are from the Pan American Health Organization.
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