Abstract

Uruguay experienced its first Chikungunya virus outbreak in 2023, resulting in a significant burden to its healthcare system. We conducted analysis based on real-time genomic surveillance (30 novel whole genomes) to offer timely insights into recent local transmission dynamics and eco-epidemiological factors behind its emergence and spread in the country.

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Title
Genomic and eco-epidemiological investigations in Uruguay reveal local Chikungunya virus transmission dynamics during its expansion across the Americas in 2023
Author
Burgueño, Analía 1 ; Giovanetti, Marta 2 ; Fonseca, Vagner 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Morel, Noelia 1 ; Lima, Mauricio 4 ; Castro, Emerson 4 ; Guimarães, Natália R 4 ; Iani, Felipe C M 4 ; Bormida, Victoria 5 ; Cortinas, Maria Noel 5 ; Ramas, Viviana 6 ; Coppola, Leticia 6 ; Bento, Ana I 7 ; Franco, Leticia 8 ; Jairo Mendez Rico 8 ; Lourenço, José 9 ; Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara 10 ; Chiparelli, Hector 11 

 Laboratorio de Virus Emergentes/reemergentes. Unidad de Virología, Departamento de Laboratorios de Salud Pública Montevideo, Uruguay 
 Department of Sciences and Technologies for Sustainable Development and One Health, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy; Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Climate Amplified Diseases And Epidemics (CLIMADE), Brazil 
 Department of Exact and Earth Sciences, University of the State of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil; Coordenação de Vigilância, Preparação e Resposta à Emergências e Desastres (PHE), Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde / Organização Mundial da Saúde (OPAS/OMS), Brasilia, Brazil 
 Laboratorio Central de Saúde Pública do Estado de Minas Gerais, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil 
 Laboratorio de Genómica Departamento de Laboratorios de Salud Pública, Montevideo, Uruguay 
 Laboratorio de Virus Respiratorios, Unidad de Virología. Departamento de Laboratorios de Salud Pública, Montevideo, Uruguay 
 Pandemic Prevention Initiative, The Rockefeller Foundation, Washington, DC, USA 
 Infectious Hazards Management, Health Emergencies Department (PHE), Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Washington DC, USA 
 Faculty of Medicine, Católica Biomedical Research Center, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal; Climate Amplified Diseases and Epidemics (CLIMADE), Portugal 
10  Instituto René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Climate Amplified Diseases And Epidemics (CLIMADE), Brazil 
11  Departamento de Laboratorios de Salud Pública, Unidad de Virología, Montevideo, Uruguay 
Publication year
2024
Publication date
Dec 2024
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
e-ISSN
22221751
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3142112661
Copyright
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