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Volume 21, Number 12—December 2015
Letter

Outbreak of Exanthematous Illness Associated with Zika, Chikungunya, and Dengue Viruses, Salvador, Brazil

Cristiane W. Cardoso1, Igor A.D. Paploski1, Mariana Kikuti, Moreno S. Rodrigues, Monaise M.O. Silva, Gubio S. Campos, Silvia I. Sardi, Uriel Kitron, Mitermayer G. Reis, and Guilherme S. RibeiroComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Salvador, Salvador, Brazil (C.W. Cardoso); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador (I.A.D. Paploski, M. Kikuti, M.S. Rodrigues, M.M.O. Silva, U. Kitron, M.G. Reis, G.S. Ribeiro); Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador (I.A.D. Paploski, M. Kikuti, G.S. Campos, S.I. Sardi, M.G. Reis, G.S. Ribeiro); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (U. Kitron)

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Reported cases of indeterminate acute exanthematous illness and suspected dengue fever in Salvador, Brazil, by date of medical care, February 15−June 25, 2015. Letters indicate specific events. A) February 15: systematic reporting of cases of acute exanthematous illness of unknown cause begins in Salvador. B) April 13: Salvador Epidemiologic Surveillance Office releases its first epidemiologic alert about the outbreak in Salvador. C) April 29: Zika virus is confirmed in 8 samples from patients r

Figure. Reported cases of indeterminate acute exanthematous illness and suspected dengue fever in Salvador, Brazil, by date of medical care, February 15−June 25, 2015. Letters indicate specific events. A) February 15: systematic reporting of cases of acute exanthematous illness of unknown cause begins in Salvador. B) April 13: Salvador Epidemiologic Surveillance Office releases its first epidemiologic alert about the outbreak in Salvador. C) April 29: Zika virus is confirmed in 8 samples from patients residing ≈50 km from Salvador (http://portalsaude.saude.gov.br/index.php/situacao-epidemiologica-dados-dengue-2) and media coverage of the outbreak intensifies (http://www.correio24horas.com.br/detalhe/noticia/doenca-misteriosa-que-atinge-cidades-baianas-e-identificada-como-zika-virus/?cHash = 74792c41f3128395ba0ffa5e1ed9dbbe). D) May 14: Brazilian Ministry of Health announces circulation of Zika virus in Brazil (http://portalsaude.saude.gov.br/index.php/o-ministerio/principal/secretarias/svs/noticias-svs/17702-confirmacao-do-zika-virus-no-brasil). E) June 11: Brazilian press announces that cases of Zika virus infection have been confirmed in 8 states in Brazil (http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2015/06/1640752-virus-primo-da-dengue-zika-ja-tem-casos-confirmados-em-oito-estados.shtml).

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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