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Infectious clones of Chikungunya virus (La Réunion isolate) for vector competence studies.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2006
Tsetsarkin Konstantin, Higgs Stephen, McGee Charles E, De Lamballerie Xavier, Charrel Remi N, Vanlandingham Dana L
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The recent outbreak of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) on several islands in the Indian Ocean and in India has focused attention on this reemerging virus and highlighted the need for development of new tools to study vector-virus-host interactions. We have constructed and characterized, in cell culture, Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes, infectious cDNA clones of CHIKV using a recent isolate from La Réunion...
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