A Single Mutation in Chikungunya Virus Affects Vector Specificity and Epidemic Potential

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an emerging arbovirus associated with several recent large-scale epidemics. The 2005–2006 epidemic on Reunion island that resulted in approximately 266,000 human cases was associated with a strain of CHIKV with a mutation in the envelope protein gene (E1-A226V). To test...

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Autores principales: Tsetsarkin, Konstantin A, Vanlandingham, Dana L, McGee, Charles E, Higgs, Stephen
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2134949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18069894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030201

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2134949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18069894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030201

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