Cryptic circulation of chikungunya virus in São Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil, 2015-2019.
Nathalia ZiniMatheus Henrique Tavares ÁvilaNatalia Morbi CezarottiMaisa Carla Pereira ParraCecília Artico BanhoLivia SacchettoAndreia Francesli NegriEmerson AraújoCintia BittarBruno Henrique Gonçalves de Aguiar MilhinVictor Miranda HernandesKarina Rocha DutraLeonardo Agopian TrigoLeonardo Cecílio da RochaRafael Alves da SilvaGislaine Celestino Dutra da SilvaTamires Fernanda Pereira Dos SantosBeatriz de Carvalho MarquesAndresa Lopes Dos SantosMarcos Tayar AugustoNatalia Franco Bueno MistrãoMilene Rocha RibeiroTauyne Menegaldo PinheiroThayza Maria Izabel Lopes Dos SantosClarita Maria Secco AvillaVictoria BernardiCaroline FreitasFlora de Andrade GandolfiHélio Correa Ferraz JúniorGabriela Camilotti PerimMirella Cezare GomesPedro Henrique Carrilho GarciaRodrigo Sborghi RochaTayna Manfrin GalvãoEliane Aparecida FávaroSamuel Noah ScamardiKaren Sanmartin RogovskiRenan Luiz PeixotoLuiza BenfattiLeonardo Teixeira CruzPaula Patricia de Freitas ChamaMânlio Tasso OliveiraAripuanã Sakurada Aranha WatanabeAna Carolina Bernardes TerzianAlice de Freitas VersianiMargareth Regina DiboFrancisco Chiaravalotti-NetoScott Cameron WeaverCassia Fernanda EstofoleteNikos VasilakisMauricio Lacerda NogueiraPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2024)
Our data suggest cryptic CHIKV circulation in SJdRP detected by continual active surveillance. These low levels, but increasing, of viral circulation highlight the possibility of CHIKV outbreaks, as there is a large naïve population. Improved knowledge of the epidemiological situation might aid in outbreaks prevention.