Viruses, Vol. 10, Pages 623: Following in the Footsteps of the Chikungunya Virus in Brazil: The First Autochthonous Cases in Amap á in 2014 and Its Emergence in Rio de Janeiro during 2016

Viruses, Vol. 10, Pages 623: Following in the Footsteps of the Chikungunya Virus in Brazil: The First Autochthonous Cases in Amapá in 2014 and Its Emergence in Rio de Janeiro during 2016 Viruses doi: 10.3390/v10110623 Authors: Thiara Manuele Alves de Souza Edcelha D’Athaide Ribeiro Valmir Corrêa e Corrêa Paulo Vieira Damasco Carla Cunha Santos Fernanda de Bruycker-Nogueira Thaís Chouin-Carneiro Nieli Rodrigues da Costa Faria Priscila Conrado Guerra Nunes Manoela Heringer Monique da Rocha Queiroz Lima Jéssica Badolato-Corrêa Márcio da Costa Cipitelli Elzinandes Leal de Azeredo Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira Flavia Barreto dos Santos Currently, Brazil lives a triple arboviruses epidemic (DENV, ZIKV and CHIKV) making the differential diagnosis difficult for health professionals. Here, we aimed to investigate chikungunya cases and the possible occurrence of co-infections during the epidemic in Amapá (AP) that started in 2014 when the first autochthonous cases were reported and in Rio de Janeiro (RJ) in 2016. We further performed molecular characterization and genotyping of representative strains. In AP, 51.4% of the suspected cases were confirmed for CHIKV, 71.0% (76/107). Of those, 24 co-infections by CHIKV/DENV, two by CHIKV/DENV-1, and two by CHIKV/DENV-4 were observed. In RJ, 76.9% of the suspected cases were confirmed for CHIKV and co-infections by CHIKV/DENV (n = 8) and by CHIKV/ZIKV (n = 17) were observed. Overall,...
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