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Evolutionary rates and timescale comparison of Chikungunya viruses inferred from the whole genome/E1 gene with special reference to the 2005-07 outbreak in the Indian subcontinent.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2009
Cherian Sarah S, Walimbe Atul M, Jadhav Santosh M, Gandhe Swati S, Hundekar Supriya L, Mishra Akhilesh C, Arankalle Vidya A
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya (CHIK) virus reemerged during 2005-07 as an important pathogen causing massive disease outbreaks affecting India and several countries of the Indian Ocean. Knowledge of the evolutionary rates and divergence times of the CHIK virus may help to better understand the disease epidemiology. Considering the limited availability of such information, we estimated the substitution rates and the ancestral times...
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