Abstract
In the Americas, one decade following its emergence in 2013, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) continues to spread and cause epidemics across the region. To date, 3.7 million suspected and laboratory-confirmed chikungunya cases have been reported in 50 countries or territories in the Americas. Here, we outline the current status and epidemiological aspects of chikungunya in the Americas and discuss prospects for future research and public health strategies to combat CHIKV in the region.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 100673 |
| Journal | The Lancet Regional Health - Americas |
| Volume | 30 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2024 The Authors
Funding
WMdS was supported by a Global Virus Network fellowship, Burroughs Wellcome Fund (#1022448), and Wellcome Trust–Digital Technology Development award (Climate Sensitive Infectious Disease Modelling; 226075/Z/22/Z). SCW was supported by National Institutes of Health grants AI12094, U01AI151801, and AI121452. NRF was supported by a Wellcome Trust and Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship (grant no. 204311/Z/16/Z), by a Medical Research Council-São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) CADDE partnership award (MR/S0195/1 and FAPESP 18/14389-0) and by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant (INV-034540). CW was supported by Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship, reference 224190/Z/21/Z. GSR was supported by Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel, Brazilian Ministry of Education (grant no. 88887.694502/2022-00), Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (grant no. 311365/2021-3), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia (grant no. PET0022/2016 and SUS0019/2021), and Program for Research Excellence, IGM-Fiocruz/2020.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship | |
| Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior | |
| Medical Research Council-São Paulo Research Foundation | |
| Ministério da Educação | 88887.694502/2022-00 |
| Wellcome Trust | 204311, 226075/Z/22/Z, 226075, 224190 |
| Burroughs Wellcome Fund | 1022448 |
| UK Medical Research Council, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | MR/S019510/1 |
| Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia | PET0022/2016, SUS0019/2021 |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | 224190/Z/21, INV-034540 |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH) | AI121452, AI12094, U01AI151801 |
| Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo | 18/14389-0, MR/S0195/1 |
| Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico | 311365/2021-3 |
| Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship | 204311/Z/16/Z |
Keywords
- Alphavirus
- Americas
- Arbovirus
- Chikungunya virus
- Mosquito-borne virus
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine
- Health Policy
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
