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East Central South African genotype as the causative agent in reemergence of Chikungunya outbreak in India.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2007
Dash P K, Parida M M, Santhosh S R, Verma S K, Tripathi N K, Ambuj S, Saxena P, Gupta N, Chaudhary M, Babu J Pradeep, Lakshmi V, Mamidi N, Subhalaxmi M V S, Lakshmana Rao P V, Sekhar K
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya fever is an important arboviral infection prevalent throughout Africa and Southeast Asia. Recently, in 2006, it has reemerged in many parts of India, affecting more than a million persons. A detail serological, virological, and molecular investigation of this unprecedented outbreak was carried out by collecting and studying 540 samples from all the affected regions of India during this epidemic. An...
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