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Review
. 2015 Jan;96(Pt 1):1-5.
doi: 10.1099/vir.0.070136-0. Epub 2014 Sep 19.

Risks to the Americas associated with the continued expansion of chikungunya virus

Ann M Powers  1
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Review

Risks to the Americas associated with the continued expansion of chikungunya virus

Ann M Powers. J Gen Virol. 2015 Jan.

Abstract

Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne virus that has been responsible for over 2 million human infections during the past decade. This virus, which previously had a geographical range primarily restricted to sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia, has recently moved to subtropical latitudes as well as the western hemisphere. This expansion into novel habitats brings unique risks associated with further spread of the virus and the disease it causes.

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Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Countries and territories where local transmission of chikungunya virus has been reported. Reported genotype distribution is noted by colour. (Figure courtesy of Nicole Lindsey, CDC.)
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Countries and territories in the Americas where locally acquired cases of chikungunya virus have been reported from PAHO (as of 9 September 2014), figure from http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/geo/americas.html.
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