Detection of East/Central/South African genotype Chikungunya virus during an outbreak in a southeastern state of Brazil.
Epidemiol Infect
; 146(16): 2056-2058, 2018 12.
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ABSTRACT
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes that was first identified in Brazil in 2014. It causes a febrile illness characterised by severe arthralgia and rash. Our group investigated a suspected CHIKV outbreak in Governador Valadares, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil and from 25 acute-phase patients, 10 had qRT-PCR positive sera samples and had E1 partial sequence amplified and Sanger sequenced. Samples were identified as East/Central/South African (ECSA) genotype by phylogenetic analysis and clustered with CHIKV sequences isolated in the neighbour state of Bahia. Our findings confirm previous predictions that ECSA genotype would spread through northeast and southeast of Brazil.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Virus Chikungunya
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Brotes de Enfermedades
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Fiebre Chikungunya
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Genotipo
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
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En
Revista:
Epidemiol Infect
Asunto de la revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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EPIDEMIOLOGIA
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil