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Report of East-Central South African Chikungunya virus genotype during the 2016 outbreak in the Alagoas State, Brazil.
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - 1 Jan 2018
Tanabe Eloiza Lopes de Lira, Tanabe Ithallo Sathio Bessoni, Santos Elane Conceição Dos, Marques Juliana Paula da Silva, Borges Alessandra Abel, Lima Magliones Carneiro de, Anderson Letícia, Bassi Ênio José
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) causes a self-limiting disease characterized by the onset of fever, skin rash and persistent arthralgia. In the last decade, it has emerged as a serious public health problem causing several outbreaks around the world. Here, we report the CHIKV genotype characterization during the 2016 CHIKV outbreak in Alagoas State, Brazil. Partial E1 sequence from CHIKV-positive samples coming from...
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