Emerging infectious diseases · 2006 · 323 citations · 12 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyMedical MicrobiologyMolecular VirologyVirologyArboviral DiseasesPathogen IsolationPhylogenetic EpidemiologySequence-based EpidemiologyTropical MedicineViral InfectionsAntibodiesChikungunya FeverMolecular Epidemiology Of VirusesMolecular Outbreak InvestigationTropical Disease EpidemiologyTropical Infectious Diseases
Chikungunya fever is reported in India after 32 years. Immunoglobulin M antibodies and virus isolation confirmed the cause. Phylogenic analysis based on partial sequences of NS4 and E1 genes showed that all earlier isolates (1963-1973) were Asian genotype, whereas the current and Yawat (2000) isolates were African genotype.
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