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Salud Pública de México
Print version ISSN 0036-3634
Abstract
CORTES-ESCAMILLA, Anais et al. The hidden burden of Chikungunya in central Mexico: results of a small-scale serosurvey. Salud pública Méx [online]. 2018, vol.60, n.1, pp.63-70. ISSN 0036-3634. https://doi.org/10.21149/9149.
Objective:
To estimate the seroprevalence of CHKV antibodies and assess correlates of seropositivity at a small geographical scale.
Materials and methods:
A community-based serosurvey of 387 households in Puente de Ixtla, Morelos (central Mexico). Serum IgG antibodies to CHKV were detected by immunoassay.
Results:
From 27 April to 29 May 2016, we interviewed and collected blood samples from 387 individuals at the same number of households. A total of 114 (29.5%) participants were seropositive to CHK, 36 (31.6%) of them reported no symptoms of CHKV infection within 12 months before the survey.
Conclusion:
The estimated seroprevalence to CHKV antibodies was higher than expected by the small number of confirmed cases of CHKV infection reported in Mexico by the National Surveillance System.
Keywords : chikungunya; seroprevalence; epidemiology.
