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Genomic evolution and phenotypic distinctions of Chikungunya viruses causing the Indian Ocean outbreak.
Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) - 1 Aug 2011
Powers Ann M
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In our current global community with the rapid movement of products and people across and between continents, the emergence of a human pathogen can have devastating consequences. One dramatic example of this has been the emergence of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), which causes a severe, prolonged, and debilitating arthralgic disease. This virus emerged in a large outbreak on the east coast of Africa in 2004; over the...
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