Tracking epidemic Chikungunya virus into the Indian Ocean from East Africa

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2754-2760

  Njenga, M Kariuki ^a   Nderitu, L ^b   Ledermann, J P ^c   Ndirangu, A ^b   Logue, C H ^c   Kelly, C H L ^c   Sang, R ^b   Sergon, K ^d   Breiman, R ^a   Powers, A M ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN E1; GLYCOPROTEIN E2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 1; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 2; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHIKUNGUNYA ALPHAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MONOPHYLY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COMOROS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; KENYA; KIDNEY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, VIRAL; VERO CELLS;

CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS;

EID: 56349109553     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.2008/005413-0     Document Type: Article

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