Unrecognized Emergence of Chikungunya Virus during a Zika Virus Outbreak in Salvador, Brazil.
Cristiane W CardosoMariana KikutiAna Paula P B PratesIgor A D PaploskiLaura B TauroMonaise M O SilvaPerla SantanaMarta F S RegoMitermayer G ReisUriel KitronGuilherme Sousa RibeiroPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2017)
Public health authorities and health professionals did not immediately detect the increase in CHIKV cases, likely because all the attention was directed to the ZIKV outbreak and ensuing complications. It is important that regions in the world that harbor arbovirus vectors and did not experience intense ZIKV and CHIKV transmission be prepared for the potential co-emergence of these two viruses.