Filipe de Neri Machado, Anthony D K Draper, Anferida Monteiro Fernandes, Frederico Bosco Alves Dos Santos, Marcelo Amaral Mali, Ari J Pereira Tilman, Endang Soares da Silva, Elizabeth Hornay, Antonio Salles de Sousa, Tessa Oakley, Edinha da Cruz, Nevio Sarmento, Maria A V Niha, Ana Fatima Soares, Eva Estrelita Cardoso Gomes, Jose de Deus Alves, Jose Paulo Soares, Joshua R Francis, Jennifer Yan, Merita Antonio Monteiro
Timor-Leste is a mountainous, half-island nation with a population of 1.3 million, which shares a land border with Indonesia and is 550 km from Darwin, Australia. Since independence in 2002, Timor-Leste has achieved significant development; however, high levels of poverty remain. Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is endemic in over 100 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and in the Americas. It is transmitted by the bite of infected Aedes aegypti or Ae. albopictus mosquitoes, which are present in Timor-Leste and which contribute to annual rainy-season dengue virus (DENV) outbreaks...
April 10, 2024: Communicable Diseases Intelligence