Sequential adaptive mutations enhance efficient vector switching by Chikungunya virus and its epidemic emergence.
The adaptation of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) to a new vector, the Aedes albopictus mosquito, is a major factor contributing to its ongoing re-emergence in a series of large-scale epidemics of arthritic disease in many parts of the world since 2004. Although the initial step of CHIKV adaptation to A....
Main Authors: | Konstantin A Tsetsarkin, Scott C Weaver |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-12-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3234230?pdf=render |
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