Seroprevalence of Chikungunya Virus after Its Emergence in Brazil
Juarez P. Dias, Maria da Conceição N. Costa, Gubio Soares Campos, Enny S. Paixão, Marcio S. Natividade, Florisneide R. Barreto, Martha Suely C. Itaparica, Cristina Goes, Francisca L.S. Oliveira, Eloisa B. Santana, Neusa S.J. Silva, Carlos A.A. Brito, Laura C. Rodrigues, Silvia Inez Sardi, Ramon C. Saavedra, and Maria Glória Teixeira
Author affiliations: Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Rua Basílio da Gama, Salvador, Brazil (J.P. Dias, M.C.N. Costa, E.S. Paixão, M.S. Natividade, F.R. Barreto, M.S.C. Itaparica, M.G. Teixeira); Instituto de Ciências da Saúde, Av. Reitor Miguel Calmon, Salvador (G.S. Campos, S.I. Sardi); London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK (E.S. Paixão, L.C. Rodrigues); Secretaria Municipal da Salvador, Salvador (M.S.C. Itaparica); Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciências,Av. Artêmia Pires Freitas, Sim, Brazil (C. Goes); Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil (F.L.S. Oliveira, E.B. Santana, N.S.J. Silva); Secretaria de Saúde do Estado da Bahia, Salvador (R.C. Saavedra); Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil (C.A.A. Brito)
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Figure 1. Notified cases of chikungunya georeferenced by household in Feira de Santana (A; n = 1,339), and Riachão do Jacuípe (B; n= 1,536), Bahia state, Brazil, during epidemiologic week 32 of 2014 through week 11 of 2015. Inset maps show locations of Feira de Santana and Riachão do Jacuípe in Bahia state and Bahia state in Brazil.
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