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Review
. 2017 May:58:69-76.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.03.006. Epub 2017 Mar 10.

Global expansion of chikungunya virus: mapping the 64-year history

Braira Wahid  1 , Amjad Ali  2 , Shazia Rafique  3 , Muhammad Idrees  4
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Review

Global expansion of chikungunya virus: mapping the 64-year history

Braira Wahid et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2017 May.
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Abstract

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus that is emerging as a global threat because of the highly debilitating nature of the associated disease and unprecedented magnitude of its spread. Chikungunya originated in Africa and has since spread across the entire globe causing large numbers of epidemics that have infected millions of people in Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Europe, the Americas, and Pacific Islands. Phylogenetic analysis has identified four different genotypes of CHIKV: Asian, West African, East/Central/South African (ECSA), and Indian Ocean Lineage (IOL). In the absence of well-designed epidemiological studies, the aim of this review article was to summarize the global epidemiology of CHIKV and to provide baseline data for future research on the treatment, prevention, and control of this life-threatening disease.

Keywords: Africa; America; Asia; CHIKV; Epidemiology; Pacific Islands.

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