Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis from the Chikungunya Virus Caribbean Outbreak Reveals Novel Evolutionary Genomic Elements.

Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis from the Chikungunya Virus Caribbean Outbreak Reveals Novel Evolutionary Genomic Elements.

BACKGROUND:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an alphavirus and member of the Togaviridae family, is capable of causing severe febrile disease in humans. In December of 2013 the Asian Lineage of CHIKV spread from the Old World to the Americas, spreading rapidly throughout the New World. Given this new emerg...

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Main Authors: Kenneth A Stapleford, Gonzalo Moratorio, Rasmus Henningsson, Rubing Chen, Séverine Matheus, Antoine Enfissi, Daphna Weissglas-Volkov, Ofer Isakov, Hervé Blanc, Bryan C Mounce, Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol, Noam Shomron, Scott Weaver, Magnus Fontes, Dominique Rousset, Marco Vignuzzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4726740?pdf=render

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