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A new "American" subgroup of African-lineage Chikungunya virus detected in and isolated from mosquitoes collected in Haiti, 2016.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
White Sarah Keller, Mavian Carla, Salemi Marco, Morris John Glenn, Elbadry Maha A, Okech Bernard A, Lednicky John A, Dunford James C
Abstract excerpt
As part of on-going arboviral surveillance activity in a semi-rural region in Haiti, Chikungunya virus (CHIKV)-positive mosquito pools were identified in 2014 (the peak of the Caribbean Asian-clade epidemic), and again in 2016 by RT-PCR. In 2014, CHIKV was only identified in Aedes aegypti (11 positive pools/124 screened). In contrast, in sampling in 2016, CHIKV was not identified in Ae. aegypti, but, rather, in...
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