Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis from the Chikungunya Virus Caribbean Outbreak Reveals Novel Evoluti...
Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis from the Chikungunya Virus Caribbean Outbreak Reveals Novel Evolutionary Genomic Elements
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Stapleford, Kenneth A. , Moratorio, Gonzalo , Henningsson, Rasmus , Chen, Rubing , Matheus, Séverine , Enfissi, Antoine , Weissglas-Volkov, Daphna , Isakov, Ofer , Blanc, Hervé , Mounce, Bryan C. , Dupont-Rouzeyrol, Myrielle , Shomron, Noam , Weaver, Scott , Fontes, Magnus , Rousset, Dominique and Vignuzzi, Marco
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an alphavirus and member of the Togaviridae family, is capable of causing severe febrile disease in humans. In December of 2013 the Asian Lineage of CHIKV spread from the Old World to the Americas, spreading rapidly throughout the New World. Given this new emergence in naïve populations we studied the viral genetic divers...
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Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis from the Chikungunya Virus Caribbean Outbreak Reveals Novel Evolutionary Genomic Elements
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1764354422
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1764354422
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1935-2735,1935-2727
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1935-2735
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0004402
