Estimating Chikungunya prevalence in La Réunion Island outbreak by serosurveys: Two methods for two critical times of the epidemic
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- 28 July 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 8 (1) , 99
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-99
Abstract
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) caused a major two-wave seventeen-month-long outbreak in La Réunion Island in 2005–2006. The aim of this study was to refine clinical estimates provided by a regional surveillance-system using a two-stage serological assessment as gold standard.Keywords
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