HLA class I restriction as a possible driving force for Chikungunya evolution.

After two decades of quiescence, epidemic resurgence of Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) was reported in Africa, several islands in the Indian Ocean, South-East Asia and the Pacific causing unprecedented morbidity with some cases of fatality. Early phylogenetic analyses based on partial sequences of Chikun...

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Main Authors: Joo Chuan Tong, Diane Simarmata, Raymond T P Lin, Laurent Rénia, Lisa F P Ng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/20195467/?tool=EBI