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Genome-scale phylogenetic analyses of chikungunya virus reveal independent emergences of recent epidemics and various evolutionary rates.
Journal of virology - 1 Jul 2010
Volk Sara M, Chen Rubing, Tsetsarkin Konstantin A, Adams A Paige, Garcia Tzintzuni I, Sall Amadou A, Nasar Farooq, Schuh Amy J, Holmes Edward C, Higgs Stephen, Maharaj Payal D, Brault Aaron C, Weaver Scott C
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-borne alphavirus, has traditionally circulated in Africa and Asia, causing human febrile illness accompanied by severe, chronic joint pain. In Africa, epidemic emergence of CHIKV involves the transition from an enzootic, sylvatic cycle involving arboreal mosquito vectors and nonhuman primates, into an urban cycle where peridomestic mosquitoes transmit among humans. In Asia,...
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