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Genome-Scale Phylogenetic Analyses of Chikungunya Virus Reveal Independent Emergences of Recent Epidemics and Various Evolutionary Rates
2011-05-06
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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-borne alphavirus, has traditionally circulated in Africa and Asia, causing human febrile illness accompanied by severe, chronic joint pain. In Africa, epidemic emergence of CHIKV involves the transition from an enzootic, sylvatic cycle involving arboreal mosquito vectors and nonhuman primates, into an urban cycle where peridom...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 2b0b29e6-f323-5e4e-84b2-bbe2dcbff6f6
- DOI
- 10.1128/jvi.00628-11
