Return of the founder Chikungunya virus to its place of introduction into Brazil is revealed by genomic characterization of exanthematic disease cases

Return of the founder Chikungunya virus to its place of introduction into Brazil is revealed by genomic characterization of exanthematic disease cases

ABSTRACTBetween June 2017 and August 2018, several municipalities located in Bahia state (Brazil) reported a large increase in the number of patients presenting with febrile illness similar to that of arboviral infections. Using a combination of portable whole genome sequencing, molecular clock and...

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Main Authors: Zuinara Pereira Gusmão Maia, Felicidade Mota Pereira, Rodrigo Fabiano do Carmo Said, Vagner Fonseca, Tiago Gräf, Fernanda de Bruycker Nogueira, Vanessa Brandão Nardy, Joilson Xavier, Maricelia Lima Maia, André L. Abreu, Carlos F. Campelo de Albuquerque, Wanderson Kleber Oliveira, Julio Croda, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Rivaldo Venancio Cunha, Jose Lourenço, Tulio de Oliveira, Nuno Rodrigues Faria, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara, Marta Giovanetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
Subjects:
Chikungunya
East-Central-South-African genotype
Northeast Brazil
surveillance
portable genome sequencing
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2019.1701954

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