Spread of chikungunya virus East/Central/South African genotype in northeast Brazil

Antonio Charlys da Costa, Julien Thézé, Shirley Cavalcante Vasconcelos Komninakis, Rodrigo Lopes Sanz-Duro, Marta Rejane Lemos Felinto, Lúcia Cristina Corrêa Moura, Ivoneide Moreira De Oliveira Barroso, Lucineide Eliziario Correia Santos, Mardjane Alves De Lemos Nunes, Adriana Avila Moura, José Lourenço, Xutao Deng, Eric L. Delwart, Maria Raquel Dos Anjos Silva Guimarães, Oliver G. Pybus, Ester C. Sabino, Nuno R. Faria*

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Abstract

We investigated an outbreak of exanthematous illness in Maceió by using molecular surveillance; 76% of samples tested positive for chikungunya virus. Genetic analysis of 23 newly generated genomes identified the East/Central/South African genotype, suggesting that this lineage has persisted since mid-2014 in Brazil and may spread in the Americas and beyond.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1742-1744
Number of pages3
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume23
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2017
Externally publishedYes

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