Molecular characterization of chikungunya virus from Andhra Pradesh, India & phylogenetic relationship with Central African isolates

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 534-540

  Kumar, C V M Naresh ^a   Johnson, A M Anthony ^a   Gopal, D V R Sai ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Cloning sequencing; PCR; Sequence anlaysis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E1; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENBANK; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOGAVIRUS INFECTION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION; AFRICA; BLOOD; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, CENTRAL; AGED; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 42949170515     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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