Chikungunya Virus Asian Lineage Infection in the Amazon Region Is Maintained by Asiatic and Caribbean-Introduced Variants

Chikungunya Virus Asian Lineage Infection in the Amazon Region Is Maintained by Asiatic and Caribbean-Introduced Variants

The simultaneous transmission of two lineages of the chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was discovered after the pathogen’s initial arrival in Brazil. In Oiapoque (Amapá state, north Brazil), the Asian lineage (CHIKV-Asian) was discovered, while in Bahia state, the East-Central-South-African lineage (CHIKV-E...

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Main Authors: Geovani de Oliveira Ribeiro, Danielle Elise Gill, Endrya do Socorro Foro Ramos, Fabiola Villanova, Edcelha Soares D’Athaide Ribeiro, Fred Julio Costa Monteiro, Vanessa S. Morais, Marlisson Octavio da S. Rego, Emerson Luiz Lima Araújo, Ramendra Pati Pandey, V. Samuel Raj, Xutao Deng, Eric Delwart, Antonio Charlys da Costa, Élcio Leal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
chikungunya
metagenomics
virome
amazon region
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/7/1445

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