Sustained Low-Level Transmission of Zika and Chikungunya Viruses after Emergence in the Fiji Islands.
Kama M., Aubry M., Naivalu T., Vanhomwegen J., Mariteragi-Helle T., Teissier A., Paoaafaite T., Hué S., Hibberd ML., Manuguerra J-C., Christi K., Watson CH., Nilles EJ., Aaskov J., Lau CL., Musso D., Kucharski AJ., Cao-Lormeau V-M.
Zika and chikungunya viruses were first detected in Fiji in 2015. Examining surveillance and phylogenetic and serologic data, we found evidence of low-level transmission of Zika and chikungunya viruses during 2013-2017, in contrast to the major outbreaks caused by closely related virus strains in other Pacific Island countries.