Identification of Asian genotype of chikungunya virus isolated in Mexico

Virus Genes

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 127-129

  Díaz Quiñonez, José Alberto ^a,b   Escobar Escamilla, Noé ^a   Ortíz Alcántara, Joanna ^a,e   Vázquez Pichardo, Mauricio ^a   de la Luz Torres Rodríguez, María ^a   Nuñez León, Alma ^a   Torres Longoria, Belem ^a   López Martínez, Irma ^a   Ruiz Matus, Cuitláhuac ^c   Kuri Morales, Pablo ^d   Ramírez González, José Ernesto ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico y Referencia Epidemiologicos   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Dirección General de Arbitraje   (Mexico)

^d Subsecretaría de Prevención and Promoción de la Salud   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chikungunya virus; Methagenomics; Mexico; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; E1 GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH); VIRUS GENE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASIA; CHIKUNGUNYA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASIA; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOTYPE; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84957846487     PISSN: 09208569     EISSN: 1572994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11262-015-1275-9     Document Type: Article

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