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Molecular characterization of Chikungunya virus recovered from patients in the Maranhão state, Brazil.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Mar 2024
Junior Antônio Dantas Silva, de Melo Bruna Oliveira, Costa Antonia Khaynnam Silva, de Jesus Ferreira Costa Daniela, Castro Érima Jôyssielly Mendonça, de Jesus Gomes Turri Rosimary, de Sousa Monteiro Andrea, Zagmignan Adrielle, Bomfim Maria Rosa Quaresma, de Silva Luís Cláudio Nascimento
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BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus from the Togaviridae family which has four genotypes: West African (WA), East/Central/South African (ECSA) and Asian/Caribbean lineage (AL) and Indian Ocean Lineage (IOL). The ECSA genotype was first registered in Brazil in Feira de Santana and spread to all Brazilian regions. This study reports the characterization of CHIKV isolates recovered from sera...
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