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A Multidisciplinary Investigation of the First Chikungunya Virus Outbreak in Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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- Epidemiology, seroprevalence, and circulation of Chikungunya virus in Southern Africa (SADC region): A systematic review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Pooled it
- Chikungunya Virus Mosquito Vectors: A Global Review of Field Surveillance and Laboratory Vector Competence (2020-2026).Insects · 2026Review
- Overview of Chikungunya Virus Pathogenesis, Genome Variation, Epidemiology, and Control.Virus research · 2026Review
- Developing a clinical case definition for Chikungunya fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.PloS one · 2026Article
- Vector control for Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes implemented in the field in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Asian tiger mosquito in the oil-producing city of Soyo: the first report of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Skuse, 1894) in Angola.Parasites & vectors · 2025Article
- Understanding the Transmission Dynamics of the Chikungunya Virus in Africa.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Lower Limb Paralysis Associated with Chikungunya in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Survey Report.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Geographic expansion of the introduced Aedes albopictus and other native Aedes species in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- Mosquito-Borne Arboviruses Occurrence and Distribution in the Last Three Decades in Central Africa: A Systematic Literature Review.Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Behavior of AdultTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2023Article
- Pattern ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
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Abstract
Early March 2019, health authorities of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo alerted a sudden increase in acute fever/arthralgia cases, prompting an outbreak investigation. We collected surveillance data, clinical data, and laboratory specimens from clinical suspects (for CHIKV-PCR/ELISA, malaria RDT), semi-structured interviews with patients/caregivers about perceptions and health seeking behavior, and mosquito sampling (adult/larvae) for CHIKV-PCR and estimation of infestation levels. The investigations confirmed a large CHIKV outbreak that lasted February-June 2019. The total caseload remained unknown due to a lack of systematic surveillance, but one of the two health zones of Matadi notified 2686 suspects. Of the clinical suspects we investigated (
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