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Differing epidemiological dynamics of Chikungunya virus in the Americas during the 2014-2015 epidemic.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jul 2018
Tan Yi, Pickett Brett E, Shrivastava Susmita, Gresh Lionel, Balmaseda Angel, Amedeo Paolo, Hu Lihui, Puri Vinita, Fedorova Nadia B, Halpin Rebecca A, LaPointe Matthew P, Cone Marshall R, Heberlein-Larson Lea, Kramer Laura D, Ciota Alexander T, Gordon Aubree, Shabman Reed S, Das Suman R, Harris Eva
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has been detected sporadically since the 1950s and includes three distinct co-circulating genotypes. In late 2013, the Asian genotype of CHIKV was responsible for the Caribbean outbreak (CO) that rapidly became an epidemic throughout the Americas. There is a limited understanding of the molecular evolution of CHIKV in the Americas during this epidemic. We sequenced 185 complete CHIKV...
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