Circulation of chikungunya virus East/Central/South African lineage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The emergence of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has raised serious concerns due to the virus' rapid dissemination into new geographic areas and the clinical features associated with infection. To better understand CHIKV dynamics in Rio de Janeiro, we generated 11 near-complete genomes by means of re...

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Main Authors: Joilson Xavier, Marta Giovanetti, Vagner Fonseca, Julien Thézé, Tiago Gräf, Allison Fabri, Jaqueline Goes de Jesus, Marcos Cesar Lima de Mendonça, Cintia Damasceno Dos Santos Rodrigues, Maria Angélica Mares-Guia, Carolina Cardoso Dos Santos, Stephane Fraga de Oliveira Tosta, Darlan Candido, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira, André Luiz de Abreu, Wanderson Kleber Oliveira, Carlos F Campelo de Albuquerque, Alexandre Chieppe, Tulio de Oliveira, Patrícia Brasil, Guilherme Calvet, Patrícia Carvalho Sequeira, Nuno Rodrigues Faria, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217871