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First Report of the East-Central South African Genotype of Chikungunya Virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1 Jan 2017
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BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus that causes an acute febrile syndrome with a severe and debilitating arthralgia. In Brazil, the Asian and East-Central South African (ECSA) genotypes are circulating in the north and northeast of the country, respectively. In 2015, the first autochthonous cases in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were reported but until now the circulating strains have not been...
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