Updated Phylogeny of Chikungunya Virus Suggests Lineage-Specific RNA Architecture

Updated Phylogeny of Chikungunya Virus Suggests Lineage-Specific RNA Architecture

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-borne alphavirus of the family Togaviridae, has recently emerged in the Americas from lineages from two continents: Asia and Africa. Historically, CHIKV circulated as at least four lineages worldwide with both enzootic and epidemic transmission cycles. To unders...

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Main Authors: Adriano de Bernardi Schneider, Roman Ochsenreiter, Reilly Hostager, Ivo L. Hofacker, Daniel Janies, Michael T. Wolfinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
RNA virus
evolution
epidemics
phylogeography
secondary structure
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/11/9/798

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