Volume 25, Number 4—April 2019
Research
Spatial Dynamics of Chikungunya Virus, Venezuela, 2014
Erley Lizarazo1, Maria Vincenti-Gonzalez1, Maria E. Grillet2, Sarah Bethencourt, Oscar Diaz, Noheliz Ojeda, Haydee Ochoa, Maria Auxiliadora Rangel, and Adriana Tami2
Table
Average velocities of chikungunya virus spread across Carabobo state, Venezuela, 2014
| Civil parish |
No. cases |
Velocity, m/day |
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| Mean (95% CI) |
SD |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Location* |
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| Candelaria | 29 | 39.4 (33.5–45.2) | 15.3 | 17 | 96 | Central |
| Catedral | 11 | 28.8 (22.4–35.3) | 9.5 | 15 | 50 | Central |
| Ciudad Alianza | 1 | 146.7 | Not applicable | 147 | 147 | East-southeast |
| El Socorro | 6 | 47.2 (13.5–80.9) | 32.1 | 25 | 98 | South-southwest |
| Guacara† | 4 | 206.2 (−35.1 to 447.6) | 151.7 | 98 | 430 | East-northeast |
| Guigue‡ | 5 | 256.7 (151.7–361.8) | 84.6 | 163 | 344 | Southeast |
| Independencia† | 6 | 206.7 (138.8–274.5) | 64.7 | 138 | 310 | South-southwest |
| Los Guayos | 42 | 115.1 (105.3–124.9) | 31.4 | 52 | 176 | East-southeast |
| Miguel Peña | 228 | 80.6 (75.3–86.0) | 40.6 | 21 | 483 | South |
| Naguanagua | 41 | 85.9 (77.3–94.6) | 27.3 | 47 | 174 | North |
| Rafael Urdaneta | 84 | 87.2 (79.5–94.8) | 35.3 | 23 | 186 | Southeast |
| San Blas | 27 | 43.6 (39.0–48.3) | 11.7 | 21 | 62 | Central |
| San Diego | 35 | 73.3 (63.5–83.1) | 28.5 | 41 | 150 | North-northeast |
| San Jose | 68 | 27.6 (21.3–34.0) | 26.2 | 0 | 202 | North-central |
| Santa Rosa | 70 | 58.4 (55.9–60.9) | 10.4 | 35 | 97 | Central |
| Tacarigua‡ | 6 | 197.0 (147.7–246.3) | 47.0 | 149 | 259 | South-southeast |
| Tocuyito† | 70 | 149.8 (137.2–162.4) | 52.8 | 61 | 365 | Southwest |
| Yagua‡ | 2 | 111.0 (−3.4 to 225.4) | 12.7 | 102 | 120 | East-northeast |
| Total | 735 | 82.9 (79.0–86.7) | 53.6 | 0 | 483 | Entire state |
*Location refers to relative locations from the center of the capital city, Valencia.
†Suburban settlements.
‡Rural settlements.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
2These authors contributed equally to this article.
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