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Volume 22, Number 10—October 2016
Dispatch

Chikungunya Virus in Febrile Humans and Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes, Yucatan, Mexico

Nohemi Cigarroa-Toledo, Bradley J. Blitvich, Rosa C. Cetina-Trejo, Lourdes G. Talavera-Aguilar, Carlos M. Baak-Baak, Oswaldo M. Torres-Chablé, Md-Nafiz Hamid, Iddo Friedberg, Pedro González-Martinez, Gabriela Alonzo-Salomon, Elsy P. Rosado-Paredes, Nubia Rivero-Cárdenas, Guadalupe C. Reyes-Solis, Jose A. Farfan-Ale, Julian E. Garcia-Rejon, and Carlos Machain-WilliamsComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico (N. Cigarroa-Toledo, R.C. Cetina-Trejo, L.G. Talavera-Aguilar, C.M. Baak-Baak, O.M. Torres-Chablé, P. González-Martinez, G. Alonzo-Salomon, E.P. Rosado-Paredes, N. Rivero-Cárdenas, G.C. Reyes-Solis, J.A. Farfan-Ale, J.E. Garcia-Rejon, C. Machain-Williams); Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA (B.J. Blitvich, M. Hamid, I. Friedberg)

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Table

Signs and symptoms of 12 patients infected with CHIKV during the first 3 days of disease onset, Yucatan, Mexico*

Sign/symptom No. (%) patients
CHIKV infected, n = 11 Co-infected with DENV 1, n = 1
Arthralgia 11 (100.0) 1
Ankles 4 (36.4) 1
Knees 11 (100.0) 1
Shoulders 0 (0) 0
Wrists 11 (100.0) 1
Asthenia 10 (90.9) 0
Fever 11 (100.0) 1
Headache 0 (0) 1
Myalgia 11 (100.0) 1
Rash 5 (45.5) 1
Vomiting 1 (9.1) 0

*CHIKV, chikungunya virus; DENV 1, dengue virus type 1.

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