http://g1.globo.com/sp/campinas-regiao/jornal-da-eptv-2edicao/videos/t/edicoes/v/pesquisa-mostra-que-risco-de-morte-por-chikungunya-e-maior-que-pela-dengue/6336890/
http://currents.plos.org/outbreaks/article/excess-mortality-related-to-chikungunya-epidemics-in-the-context-of-co-circulation-of-other-arboviruses-in-brazil/
No, many less than dengue.
Most deaths were Old people at 55+ years and less than age 1 year.
There are many graphs in the PLOS data attached.
Excess deaths associated with the chikungunya epidemic of 2014 in Jamaica were higher among children under 5 and over 40 years of age, in analysis based on official data.
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it seems that mortality is higher in patients with chik mainly in elderly patients, while in dengue the morbidity is higher than the mortality that conditions
Dear André, that is interesting question!! so far there is no conclusive reports or information/ data, less have been studied in this angle. In our endemic region, CHIKV is competing with DENV (mean co-circulating) and other arbos. What I can say CHIKV overtakes DENV due to it fast replication. morbidity and mortality of both Aedes borne virus need attention..!! Thank you for asking...T
This paper talk about mortality (2017)
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