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Genetic characterization of chikungunya viruses isolated during the 2015-2017 outbreaks in different states of India, based on their E1 and E2 genes.
Archives of virology - 1 Nov 2018
Patil Jayashri, More Ashwini, Patil Poonam, Jadhav Santosh, Newase Priyanka, Agarwal Megha, Amdekar Sarika, Raut C G, Parashar Deepti, Cherian Sarah S
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During 2015-2017, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) showed a resurgence in several parts of India with Karnataka, Maharashtra and New Delhi accounting for a majority of the cases. E2-E1 gene based characterization revealed Indian subcontinent sublineage strains possessing Aedes aegypti mosquito-adaptive mutations E1: K211E and E2:V264A, with the 211 site positively selected. Novel mutational sites E1: K16E/Q, E1:...
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