Zika virus displacement by a chikungunya outbreak in Recife, Brazil.
Tereza MagalhaesCynthia BragaMarli T CordeiroAndre L S OliveiraPriscila M S CastanhaAna Paula R MacielNathalia M L AmancioPollyanne N GouveiaValter J Peixoto-da-SilvaThaciana F L PeixotoHelena BrittoPriscilla V LimaAndreza R S LimaKerstin D RosenbergerThomas JaenischErnesto T A MarquesPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2017)
In 2015-2016 in the Recife Metropolitan Region, we detected the tail end of a Zika epidemic, which was displaced by a chikungunya epidemic. Few dengue cases were identified despite a high number of official dengue notifications in the area during this period. We show here important epidemiological features of these cases.
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