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Asian genotype of Chikungunya virus circulating in Venezuela during 2014.
Acta tropica - 1 Oct 2017
Camacho Daría, Reyes Jesús, Negredo Ana, Hernández Lourdes, Sánchez-Seco María, Comach Guillermo
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya virus emerged on Saint-Martin Island in the Caribbean in late 2013. Since then in July of 2104 Venezuela reported autochthonous cases. This study reports the first phylogenetic characterization of CHIKV autochthonous cases in Venezuela, 2014. The phylogenetic analysis showed that the CHIKV circulating in Venezuela (Aragua state) belong to the Asian genotype (Caribbean clade) and it is related to...
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