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pH-dependent entry of chikungunya virus into Aedes albopictus cells.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2012
Gay Bernard, Bernard Eric, Solignat Maxime, Chazal Nathalie, Devaux Christian, Briant Laurence
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BACKGROUND: The chikungunya virus (CHIKV) recently caused explosive outbreaks in Indian Ocean islands and India. During these episodes, the virus was mainly spread to humans through the bite of the mosquito Aedes albopictus. Concomitantly to the description of symptoms of an unexpected severity in infants and elderly patients, a viral genome microevolution has been highlighted, in particular consisting in the...
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