| seroprevalence of anti-chikungunya virus antibodies in children and adults in managua, nicaragua, after the first chikungunya epidemic, 2014-2015. | chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted by aedes aegypti and ae. albopictus mosquitoes. in late 2013, chikungunya virus (chikv) was introduced into the caribbean island of st. martin. since then, approximately 2 million chikungunya cases have been reported by the pan american health organization, and most countries in the americas report autochthonous transmission of chikv. in nicaragua, the first imported case was described in july 2014 and the first autochthonous case in september 2014. her ... | 2016 | 27322692 |
| introduction and establishment of aedes albopictus (diptera: culicidae) in managua, nicaragua. | aedes aegypti (l.) is the main vector of dengue virus and more recently chikungunya virus in latin america. however, the asian tiger mosquito aedes albopictus (skuse, 1894) is expanding its global range and increasing its role in transmission of these diseases. in this report, we suggest that ae. albopictus was introduced to the department of managua, nicaragua, in 2010 via two independent routes and demonstrate its dissemination and establishment in urban neighborhoods by 2012. the coexistence ... | 2015 | 26335479 |
| clinical attack rate of chikungunya in a cohort of nicaraguan children. | chikungunya virus (chikv) was recently introduced into the americas. in nicaragua, the first endogenous transmission of chikv was recognized in september 2014. we used an ongoing dengue cohort study of children aged 2-14 years in managua, nicaragua, to document the attack rate of symptomatic chikungunya in a presumably naive population. from september 2014 through march 2015, the overall clinical attack rate of laboratory-confirmed chikv infection was 2.9% (95% confidence interval [ci]: 2.3%, 3. ... | 2016 | 26643531 |