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Complete Genome Sequences of Chikungunya Virus Strains Isolated in Mexico: First Detection of Imported and Autochthonous Cases

José Alberto Dí­az-Quiñónez, Joanna María Ortiz-Alcántara, David Esaú Fragoso-Fonseca, Fabiola Garcés-Ayala, Noé Escobar-Escamilla, Mauricio Vázquez-Pichardo, Alma Núñez-León, María de la Luz Torres-Rodríguez, Belem Torres-Longoria, Irma López-Martı́nez,

Genome Announcements · 2015 · 30 citations · 1 references

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The mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, an alphavirus of the Togaviridae family, is responsible for acute polyarthralgia epidemics. Here, we report the complete genome sequences of two chikungunya virus strains, InDRE04 and InDRE51, identified in the Mexican states of Jalisco and Chiapas in 2014. Phylogenetic analysis showed that both strains belong to the Asian genotype.

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Genome-Scale Phylogenetic Analyses of Chikungunya Virus Reveal Independent Emergences of Recent Epidemics and Various Evolutionary Rates

Sara M. Volk, Rubing Chen, Konstantin A. Tsetsarkin et al. · Journal of Virology · 2010 · 424 citations · Full text

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