Factors impacting severe disease from chikungunya infection: Prioritizing chikungunya vaccine when available

Martin P Grobusch1, Bradley A Connor2

  • 1Center of Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Location Amsterdam, Amsterdam Infection & Immunity, Amsterdam Public Health, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Institut für Tropenmedizin, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Tübingen University, Tübingen, Germany; Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IDM), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon; Masanga Medical Research Unit, Masanga, Sierra Leone.

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