Retrospective investigation of antibodies against chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in serum from febrile patients in Mozambique, 2009-2015: Implications for its prevention and control.

Virgilio Santo AntonioNádia Alves AmadeArgentina Felisbela MuiangaSadia AliVanessa MonteiroFlora MulaImelda CheleneJohn OludeleInocêncio ChongoAmérico JoséOrvalho AugustoEduardo Samo Gudo

Published in: PloS one (2019)

This is the largest and longest serological screening of antibodies against CHIKV in febrile patients in Mozambique and findings from this study suggest that Mozambicans from all over the country have been silently exposed to CHIKV for several years.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
zika virus
cross sectional
urinary tract infection
aedes aegypti