Chikungunya Virus as Cause of Febrile Illness Outbreak, Chiapas, Mexico, 2014

Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Nov;21(11):2070-3. doi: 10.3201/eid2111.150546.

Abstract

Since chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was introduced into the Americas in 2013, its geographic distribution has rapidly expanded. Of 119 serum samples collected in 2014 from febrile patients in southern Mexico, 79% were positive for CHIKV or IgM against CHIKV. Sequencing results confirmed CHIKV strains closely related to Caribbean isolates.

Keywords: Aedes; Mexico; Pan American Health Organization; alphavirus; arboviruses; arthralgia; chikungunya virus; disease outbreaks; phylogeny; public health; vector-borne infections; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Chikungunya Fever / epidemiology*
  • Chikungunya Fever / pathology
  • Chikungunya virus / pathogenicity*
  • Culicidae / virology
  • Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
  • Fever of Unknown Origin / epidemiology
  • Fever of Unknown Origin / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors / pathogenicity
  • Insect Vectors / virology
  • Mexico / epidemiology
  • Molecular Sequence Data

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KJ451624
  • GENBANK/KT247378
  • GENBANK/KT247379
  • GENBANK/KT247380
  • GENBANK/KT247381
  • GENBANK/KT247382
  • GENBANK/KT247383
  • GENBANK/KT247384
  • GENBANK/KT247385