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: | Konstantin A Tsetsarkin, Dana L Vanlandingham, Charles E McGee, Stephen Higgs |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/e37d22a72e0440f8ab4e182cbbf54687 |
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