| [epidemiological study of arboviruses in the central african republic: demonstration of chikungunya virus during 1978 and 1979]. | from january 1978 to may 1979, the chikungunya virus came out in several places in south of central african republic. we isolated one strain of virus from a human serum and 33 from pools of aedes africanus group collected in two forest galleries situated near the village of bozo, in the semi-humid savanna. several serological conversions were observed in patients with fever joint pain and sometimes macular eruption. the intensive activity of chikungunya virus was confirmed by serological survey ... | 1980 | 7460128 |