Gideon Loevinsohn, Cecilia Then Paulino, Jessica Spring, Holly R. Hughes, Angela Cadavid Restrepo, Helen Mayfield, Michael de St. Aubin, Janeen Laven, Amanda Panella, William Duke, Marie Caroline Etienne, Gabriela Abdalla, Salome Garnier, Naomi Iihoshi, Beatriz Lopez, Lucia de la Cruz, Bernarda Henríquez, Margaret Baldwin, Farah Peña, Adam J. Kucharski, Marietta Vasquez, Emily Zielinski Gutiérrez, Aaron C. Brault, Ronald Skewes-Ramm, Colleen L. Lau, Eric J. Nilles
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Abstract
The 2014 chikungunya outbreak in the Dominican Republic resulted in intense local transmission, with high postoutbreak seroprevalence. The resulting population immunity will likely minimize risk for another large outbreak through 2035, but changes in population behavior or environmental conditions or emergence of different virus strains could lead to increased transmission.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases is a monthly open access journal published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The primary goal of this peer-reviewed journal is to advance the global recognition of both new and reemerging infectious diseases, while also enhancing our understanding of the underlying factors that contribute to disease emergence, prevention, and elimination.
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