1. Chikungunya Fever in Traveler from Angola to Japan, 2016.
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Saho Takaya, Satoshi Kutsuna, Eri Nakayama, Satoshi Taniguchi, Shigeru Tajima, Yuichi Katanami, Kei Yamamoto, Nozomi Takeshita, Kayoko Hayakawa, Yasuyuki Kato, Shuzo Kanagawa, Norio Ohmagari, Takaya, Saho, Kutsuna, Satoshi, Nakayama, Eri, Taniguchi, Satoshi, Tajima, Shigeru, Katanami, Yuichi, Yamamoto, Kei, and Takeshita, Nozomi
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ARBOVIRUSES ,CHIKUNGUNYA ,ALPHAVIRUS diseases ,HEMORRHAGIC fever ,YELLOW fever ,FLAVIVIRAL diseases ,COMPARATIVE studies ,BIOLOGICAL evolution ,GENE expression ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,PROTEINS ,RESEARCH ,TRAVEL ,EVALUATION research ,CHIKUNGUNYA virus ,DIAGNOSIS ,INFECTIOUS disease transmission - Abstract
Simultaneous circulation of multiple arboviruses presents diagnostic challenges. In May 2016, chikungunya fever was diagnosed in a traveler from Angola to Japan. Travel history, incubation period, and phylogenetic analysis indicated probable infection acquisition in Angola, where a yellow fever outbreak is ongoing. Thus, local transmission of chikungunya virus probably also occurs in Angola. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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