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Molecular characterization of chikungunya virus from the first cluster of patients during the 2020 outbreak in Chad.
Archives of virology - 1 May 2022
Yonga Martial Gide, Yandai Fissou Henry, Sadeuh-Mba Serge, Abdallah Alsadick Haroun, Ouapi Diane, Gamougam Kadidja, Abanda Ngu Njei, Endengue-Zanga Marie Claire, Demanou Maurice, Njouom Richard
Abstract excerpt
We sequenced a portion of the E1 envelope protein gene of two of four CHIKV RT-PCR-positive samples from the first cluster of chikungunya patients during the 2020 Chad outbreak. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the viruses belonged to the East/Central/South/African genotype but lacked the E1 A226V and K211E mutations associated with viral adaptability and transmission, suggesting an autochthonous transmission....
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