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Chikungunya Virus Sequences Across the First Epidemic in Nicaragua, 2014-2015.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Feb 2016
Wang Chunling, Saborio Saira, Gresh Lionel, Eswarappa Meghana, Wu Diane, Fire Andrew, Parameswaran Poornima, Balmaseda Angel, Harris Eva
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya is caused by the mosquito-borne arthrogenic alphavirus, chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Chikungunya was introduced into the Americas in late 2013 and Nicaragua in mid-2014. Here, we sequenced five imported and 30 autochthonous Nicaraguan CHIKV from cases identified in the first epidemic in the country between August 2014 and April 2015. One full-length and two partial genomic sequences were obtained by...
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