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Volume 32, Number 7—July 2026

Research Letter

Detection of and Early Genomic Insights into Chikungunya Virus, Bolivia, 2025

Joel Alejandro Chuquimia Valdez1, Natalia R. Guimarães1, Vagner Fonseca1, Cleidy Orellana Mendoza, Sebastián Sasías Martínez, Sara Cândida F. Santos, Gilson Carlos Soares, Mariela Martínez Gómez, Leticia Franco, Lionel Gresh, Jairo Méndez-Rico, Luiz Carlos J. Alcantara2, Marta Giovanetti2Comments to Author , and Leidy Roxana Loayza Mafayle2
Author affiliation: Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (J.A.C. Valdez, C.O. Mendoza, S.S. Martinez, L.R. Loayza Mafayle); Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (N.R. Guimarães, S.C.F. Santos); Instituto René Rachou, Belo Horizonte (N.R. Guimarães, S.C.F. Santos, L.C.J. Alcantara); Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (V. Fonseca); Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa (V. Fonseca); Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (S.C.F. Santos, G.C. Soares); Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA (M. Martínez Gómez, L. Franco, L. Gresh, J. Méndez-Rico); Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy (M. Giovanetti); Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (M. Giovanetti).

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Figure 1

Geographic distribution of sequenced chikungunya virus genomes in a study of chikungunya virus in Bolivia, 2025. Colors indicate the numeric range of genomes per department.

Figure 1. Geographic distribution of sequenced chikungunya virus genomes in a study of chikungunya virus in Bolivia, 2025. Colors indicate the numeric range of genomes per department.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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