Sustained Low-Level Transmission of Zika and Chikungunya Viruses after Emergence in the Fiji Islands.

ABSTRACT: Zika and chikungunya viruses were first detected in Fiji in 2015. Examining surveillance and phylogenetic and serologic data, we found evidence of low-level transmission of Zika and chikungunya viruses during 2013-2017, in contrast to the major outbreaks caused by closely related virus strains in other Pacific Island countries.

SUBMITTER: Kama M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6649350 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature