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Molecular characterization of chikungunya virus circulating in urban and rural areas of West Bengal, India after its re-emergence in 2006.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Mar 2015
Taraphdar Debjani, Chatterjee Shyamalendu
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BACKGROUND: In the state of West Bengal, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has re-emerged in 2006 after its last occurrence in 1963-1965 in this state. The virus rapidly affected almost every district of this state, with high morbidity. Based on complete sequences of structural region of CHIKV genome, we determined the molecular characterization of the virus circulating in this state from 2006-2012. METHODS: CHIKV was...
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