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Chikungunya virus: Molecular epidemiology of nonstructural proteins in Pakistan.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Badar Nazish, Ikram Aamer, Salman Muhammad, Alam Muhammad Masroor, Umair Massab, Arshad Yasir, Mushtaq Nighat, Mirza Hamza Ahmad, Ahad Abdul, Farooq Umer, Yasin Muhammad Talha, Qazi Javaria
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is considered a public health problem due to its rapid spread and high morbidity. In 2016-2017 an outbreak of CHIKV was occurred in Pakistan but the data regarding the genomic diversity of CHIKV was not reported. Hence, the current study aimed to determine the genetic diversity of CHIKVs in Pakistan. A cross sectional study was carried out using sera of infected CHIKV patients (n = 1549)...
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