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Genomic surveillance of the Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV) in Northeast Brazil after the first outbreak in 2014.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2020
Rodrigues Ayslany Melo, Souza Rafael Ribeiro Mota, Fonseca Larissa Moraes Dos Santos, Rolo Carolina de Araújo, Carvalho Rejane Hughes, Sardi Silvia Ines, Campos Gubio Soares
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: We performed an epidemiological surveillance of the Chikungunya (CHIKV) lineages in Bahia after the 2014 East/Central/South African (ECSA) genotype outbreak. METHODS: Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), viral isolation, and phylogenetic analyses were conducted on serum samples from 605 patients with CHIKV-like symptoms during 2014-2018. RESULTS: Of the 605 samples, 167 were...
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