Chikungunya Virus and the Global Spread of a Mosquito-Borne Disease.
N Engl J Med. 2015 Mar 26;372(13):1231-1239
Authors: Weaver SC, Lecuit M
Abstract
Chikungunya virus infection is a rapid-onset, febrile disease with intense asthenia, arthralgia, myalgia, headache, and rash. This mosquito-borne alphavirus has spread throughout the Caribbean and into much of Central America. Further spread in the Americas seems likely.
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