Report of East-Central South African Chikungunya virus genotype during the 2016 outbreak in the Alagoas State, Brazil

Report of East-Central South African Chikungunya virus genotype during the 2016 outbreak in the Alagoas State, Brazil

ABSTRACT Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) causes a self-limiting disease characterized by the onset of fever, skin rash and persistent arthralgia. In the last decade, it has emerged as a serious public health problem causing several outbreaks around the world. Here, we report the CHIKV genotype characteriz...

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Main Authors: Eloiza Lopes de Lira Tanabe, Ithallo Sathio Bessoni Tanabe, Elane Conceição dos Santos, Juliana Paula da Silva Marques, Alessandra Abel Borges, Magliones Carneiro de Lima, Letícia Anderson, Ênio José Bassi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2018-04-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Chikungunya virus
ECSA genotype
Phylogenetic analysis
Brazil
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