Re-emergence of chikungunya and o'nyong-nyong viruses: Evidence for distinct geographical lineages and distant evolutionary relationships

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 471-479

  Powers, Ann M ^a   Brault, Aaron C ^a   Tesh, Robert B ^a   Weaver, Scott C ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES AFRICANUS; AEDES FURCIFER; ALPHAVIRUS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; FURCIFER; O'NYONG-NYONG VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; TOGAVIRIDAE;

EID: 0033959551     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-81-2-471     Document Type: Article

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