| first report of aedes aegypti transmission of chikungunya virus in the americas. | during a chikungunya fever outbreak in late 2014 in chiapas, mexico, entomovirological surveillance was performed to incriminate the vector(s). in neighborhoods, 75 households with suspected cases were sampled for mosquitoes, of which 80% (60) harbored aedes aegypti and 2.7% (2) aedes albopictus. a total of 1,170 ae. aegypti and three ae. albopictus was collected and 81 pools were generated. although none of the ae. albopictus pools were chikungunya virus (chikv)-positive, 18 ae. aegypti pools ( ... | 2015 | 26416113 |
| chikungunya virus as cause of febrile illness outbreak, chiapas, mexico, 2014. | 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. | 0 | 26488312 |