RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Emergence and persistence of the Chikungunya virus East-Central-South-African genotype in Northeast Brazil
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 111948
DO 10.1101/111948
A1 Antonio Charlys da Costa
A1 Julien Thézé
A1 Shirley Cavalcante Vasconcelos Komninakis
A1 Rodrigo Lopes Sanz-Duro
A1 Marta Rejane Lemos Felinto
A1 Lúcia Cristina Corrêa Moura
A1 Ivoneide Moreira de Oliveira Barroso
A1 Lucineide Eliziario Correia Santos
A1 Mardjane Alves de Lemos Nunes
A1 Adriana Avila Moura
A1 José Lourenço
A1 Xutao Deng
A1 Eric L. Delwart
A1 Maria Raquel dos Anjos Silva Guimarães
A1 Oliver G. Pybus
A1 Ester C. Sabino
A1 Nuno R. Faria
YR 2017
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/02/27/111948.abstract
AB We investigate an outbreak of exanthematous illness in Maceió, Alagoas, using molecular surveillance. Of 273 samples, 76% tested RT-qPCR positive for Chikungunya virus. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that the outbreak was caused by the East-Central-South-African genotype, and that this lineage has likely persisted since mid-2014 in Northeast Brazil.Article summary line Transmission of the Chikungunya virus East-Central-South-African genotype has been ongoing in the Northeast region of Brazil since mid-2014.