Chikungunya virus outbreak, Dominica, 2014

. 2015 May;21(5):909-11.

doi: 10.3201/eid2105.141813.

Shalauddin Ahmed et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 May.

. 2015 May;21(5):909-11.

doi: 10.3201/eid2105.141813.

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Keywords: Chikungunya; Dominica; mosquito; outbreaks; vectorborne infections; virus; viruses.

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Confirmed and suspected chikungunya cases, by week of illness onset, Dominica, December 15, 2013–October 26, 2014.

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