Resolution of a Chikungunya Outbreak in a Prospective Cohort, Cebu, Philippines, 2012–2014
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Author affiliations: University of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (A. Srikiatkhachorn); Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences Virology Research Unit, Cebu City, Philippines (M.T. Alera, C.B. Lago); Cebu City Health Department, Cebu City (I.A. Tac-An, D. Villa); Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand (S. Fernandez, B. Thaisomboonsuk, C. Klungthong, J.W. Levy, J.M. Velasco, A. Nisalak, L.R. Macareo, I.K. Yoon); Philippines Department of Health National Epidemiology Center, Manila, Philippines (V.K. Roque, Jr.)
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