{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Saretzki CEB"],"funding":["German Army Institute for Microbiology","ADEMED e.V."],"pagination":["e0010626"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9731434"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16(11)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Arthropod-borne diseases pose a significant and increasing risk to global health. Given its rapid dissemination, causing large-scale outbreaks with severe human infections and economic loss, the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is one of the most important arboviruses worldwide. Despite its significance, the real global impact of CHIKV remains underestimated as outbreak data are often incomplete and based solely on syndromic surveillance. During 2011-2016, the South Pacific Region was severely affected by several CHIKV-epidemics, yet the area is still underrepresented in arboviral research.<h4>Methods</h4>465 outpatient serum samples collected between 08/2016 and 04/2017 on three islands of the island states Vanuatu (Espiritu Santo) and the Cook Islands (Rarotonga, Aitutaki) we"],"journal":["PLoS neglected tropical diseases"],"pubmed_title":["Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) seroprevalence in the South Pacific populations of the Cook Islands and Vanuatu with associated environmental and social factors."],"pmcid":["PMC9731434"],"funding_grant_id":["180627"],"pubmed_authors":["Iro E","Kupper T","May Y","Ala M","Saretzki CEB","Dobler G","Lockington E","Phiri BSJ","Tou D","Heussen N"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) seroprevalence in the South Pacific populations of the Cook Islands and Vanuatu with associated environmental and social factors.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Arthropod-borne diseases pose a significant and increasing risk to global health. Given its rapid dissemination, causing large-scale outbreaks with severe human infections and economic loss, the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is one of the most important arboviruses worldwide. Despite its significance, the real global impact of CHIKV remains underestimated as outbreak data are often incomplete and based solely on syndromic surveillance. During 2011-2016, the South Pacific Region was severely affected by several CHIKV-epidemics, yet the area is still underrepresented in arboviral research.<h4>Methods</h4>465 outpatient serum samples collected between 08/2016 and 04/2017 on three islands of the island states Vanuatu (Espiritu Santo) and the Cook Islands (Rarotonga, Aitutaki) we","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-19T05:09:32.005Z","creation":"2025-04-19T05:09:32.005Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9731434","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36441828"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pntd.0010626"]}}